The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 6James Eastburn & Company, 1818 |
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... hill , To listen to the woods ' expiring lay , To note the red leaf shivering on the spray , To mark the last bright ... hills the lights decay , 10 Canto I. THE LORD OF CANTO I II, 35 63 93 V 159.
... hill , To listen to the woods ' expiring lay , To note the red leaf shivering on the spray , To mark the last bright ... hills the lights decay , 10 Canto I. THE LORD OF CANTO I II, 35 63 93 V 159.
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... wain , On the waste hill no forms of life appear , Save where , sad laggard of the autumnal train , Some age - struck wanderer gleans few ears of scat- tered grain . Deem'st thou these saddened scenes have pleasure still , Lovest.
... wain , On the waste hill no forms of life appear , Save where , sad laggard of the autumnal train , Some age - struck wanderer gleans few ears of scat- tered grain . Deem'st thou these saddened scenes have pleasure still , Lovest.
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... hill , To listen to the woods ' expiring lay , To note the red leaf shivering on the spray , To mark the last bright ... hills the lights decay , 10 Canto I. THE LORD OF.
... hill , To listen to the woods ' expiring lay , To note the red leaf shivering on the spray , To mark the last bright ... hills the lights decay , 10 Canto I. THE LORD OF.
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Walter Scott. For , when on Coolin's hills the lights decay , With such the Seer of Skye the eve beguiles , ' Tis known amid the pathless wastes of Reay , In Harries known , and in Ionia's piles , Where rest from mortal coil the Mighty ...
Walter Scott. For , when on Coolin's hills the lights decay , With such the Seer of Skye the eve beguiles , ' Tis known amid the pathless wastes of Reay , In Harries known , and in Ionia's piles , Where rest from mortal coil the Mighty ...
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... hills from Morven's shore . VIII . " Daughter , " she said , " these seas behold , Round twice a hundred islands rolled , From Hirt , that hears their northern roar , To the green Ilay's fertile shore ; Or mainland turn , where many a ...
... hills from Morven's shore . VIII . " Daughter , " she said , " these seas behold , Round twice a hundred islands rolled , From Hirt , that hears their northern roar , To the green Ilay's fertile shore ; Or mainland turn , where many a ...
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Page 103 - Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws In varied tone prolonged and high That mocks the organ's melody.
Page 218 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 142 - 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!
Page 74 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 104 - Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more ! His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! XII.
Page 172 - He spurred his steed, he couched his lance, And darted on the Bruce at once. As motionless as rocks that bide The...
Page 304 - Before all other that there were. And knew the king, for that he saw Him so range his men on row ; And by the crown, that was set Also upon his bassenet, And towards him he went on haste.