The poetical works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 10 |
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Página 77
... army on their weapons lay . XIX . It was a night of lovely June , High rode in cloudless blue the moon , Demayet smiled beneath her ray ; Old Stirling's towers arose in light , And , twined Canto VI . THE LORD OF THE ISLES . 77.
... army on their weapons lay . XIX . It was a night of lovely June , High rode in cloudless blue the moon , Demayet smiled beneath her ray ; Old Stirling's towers arose in light , And , twined Canto VI . THE LORD OF THE ISLES . 77.
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... army . Yet he was subsequently obli- ged to retreat inio Aberdeenshire , and was there assailed by Comyn , Earl of Buchan , desirous to avenge the death of his relative , the Red Comyn , and supported by a body of English troops under ...
... army . Yet he was subsequently obli- ged to retreat inio Aberdeenshire , and was there assailed by Comyn , Earl of Buchan , desirous to avenge the death of his relative , the Red Comyn , and supported by a body of English troops under ...
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... army , to entrench themselves in strong narrow ground . He himself , with fifty horse- men well harnessed , issued forth under cover of a thick mist , surprised the English on their march , attacked and dispersed them . " - DALRYMPLE's ...
... army , to entrench themselves in strong narrow ground . He himself , with fifty horse- men well harnessed , issued forth under cover of a thick mist , surprised the English on their march , attacked and dispersed them . " - DALRYMPLE's ...
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... army , and the feud between them , at so dangerous and critical a juncture , was reconciled with difficulty . Edward II . followed his father's example in this parti- cular , and with no better success . They could not be brought to ...
... army , and the feud between them , at so dangerous and critical a juncture , was reconciled with difficulty . Edward II . followed his father's example in this parti- cular , and with no better success . They could not be brought to ...
Página 135
... endeavour to detail it fully . Two days before the battle , Bruce selected the field of action , and took post there with his army , consisting of about 30,000 disciplined men , and about half the number THE LORD OF THE ISLES . 135.
... endeavour to detail it fully . Two days before the battle , Bruce selected the field of action , and took post there with his army , consisting of about 30,000 disciplined men , and about half the number THE LORD OF THE ISLES . 135.
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Amadine Argentine arms Baldwin de Frevill band banner Bannockburn Barbour battle battle of Bannockburn beneath blithe bloody Boune brave Brodick Brodick Castle called Carrick castle cavalry chase Clan-Colla's Clifford commanded dark death Donald Caird's Douglas Duci Hibernicorum Earl Earl of Gloucester Edward Bruce England Episcopi fair fame farewell fear fell fierce fight Fitz-Louis forest gallant glance gleams ground hand hath heart horse host House of Douglas Isabel Isle of Arran Isles John King Robert knight lance land left flank Liege light Lord Ronald loud mark'd Monarch mountain Ninian's noble Note numbers o'er pass'd Pibroch Piobaireachd plaided band Randolph ranks Regis rode royal Saint Cloud Scot Scotland Scottish Scottish army seem'd shore Sigillum Abbatis Sigillum Prioris slain soon spear steed Stirling Sultaun sword tell thee thine Thomas Randolph thou tide tower turn'd Turnberry Twas warrior wave wild dance
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Página 216 - The bride at the altar ; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges : Come with your fighting gear, Broadswords and targes. Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended, Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded : Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, Tenant and master.
Página 209 - ... pale ; Young Frank is chief of Errington, And lord of Langley-dale ; His step is first in peaceful ha', His sword in battle keen " — But aye she loot the tears down fa
Página 295 - Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a Chief of the people should fall. But meeter for thee, gentle lover of nature, To lay down thy head like the meek mountain lamb, When, wilder'd, he drops from some cliff huge in stature, And draws his last sob by the side of his dam.
Página 293 - Lakes and mountains beneath me gleamed misty and wide ; All was still, save by fits, when the eagle was yelling, And starting around me the echoes replied. On the right, Striden-edge round...
Página 204 - Then up with the Banner, let forest winds fan her, She has blazed over Ettrick eight ages and more ; In sport we'll attend her, in battle defend her, With heart and with hand, like our fathers before.
Página 252 - And scorn assumes compassion's doubtful mien, To warn me off from the encumbered scene. This must not be ; — and higher duties crave Some space between the theatre and the grave, That, like the Roman in the Capitol, I may adjust my mantle ere I fall : My life's brief act in public service flown, The last, the closing scene, must be my own.
Página 285 - Or footstep of invader rude, With rapine foul, and red with blood, Pollute our happy shore, — Then farewell home ! and farewell friends ! Adieu each tender tie ! Resolved, we mingle in the tide, Where charging squadrons furious ride, To conquer, or to die.
Página 212 - O, fear not the bugle, though loudly it blows, It calls but the warders that guard thy repose ; Their bows would be bended, their blades would be red, Ere the step of a foeman draws near to thy bed.
Página 295 - With scutcheons of silver the coffin is shielded, And pages stand mute by the canopied pall : Through the courts, at deep midnight, the torches are gleaming ; In the proudly-arch'd chapel the banners are beaming ; Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a Chief of the People should fall.
Página 28 - O ! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken...