 Horse ! horse !" the Douglas cried, " and chase !* But soon he reined his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. — A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed! Did ever knight so foul a deed ! At first in heart it liked...  Marmion - Page 339by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...horse!" (he Douglas cried, " and chase !" But soon he reigned his fury 's pace : ' A royal messenger he came. Though most unworthy of the name,— A letter...the king praised his clerkly skill, Thanks to saint Bothara, son of mine, Save Gavvain, ne'er could pen a line ; So swore I, and I swear it still, Let... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...horse !" the Douglas cried, " and chase !* But soon he reined his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. — A letter...boy-bishop fret his fill. — Saint Mary mend my fiery mood I Old age ne'er cools the Douglas blood, I thought to slay him where he stood. Tis pity of him too,"... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...Horse ! horse ! the Douglas cried, and chase, But soon he reign'd his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. A letter...! At first in heart it liked me ill, When the king prais'd his clerkly skill. Thanks to Saint Botham, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...horse !" the Douglas cried, " and chase !" But soon he reined his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. — A letter...a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my hoy-hishop fret his fill. — Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools the Douglas hlood,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...horse !" the Douglas cried, " and chase!" But soon he rein'd his fury's pace ; " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name.— A letter...forged! Saint Jude to speed ! Did ever knight so foul % deed! At first in heart it liked me ill, When the King praised his clerkly skill. Thanks to Saint... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...gauntlet at ilic tu wen. « Horse! horse!» the Douglas cried, «and chase!» « A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name.— A letter forged ! Saint Jude to spcrd! Did ever knight so foul a deed? (12) At first in heart it liked me ill, When the king praised... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...horse !» the Douglas cried, « ami chase !» But soon he rein'd his fury'ti pace ; MA royal messenger he came. Though most unworthy of the name.— A letter forged ! Saint Jnde to speed ! Did ever knight so foul a deedl(n) At first in heart it liked me ill, When the king... | |
 | Charles Webb Le Bas - Reformers - 1832 - 498 pages
...derision and i Every reader will at once call to mind the words of the Douglas in Marmion : by heaven it liked me ill When the king praised his clerkly skill. Thanks to St. Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line. So said I, and so say I still, Let my... | |
 | 1836 - 562 pages
...blood-hound • Sec Sir Walter Scott's notes to his ' Lay of the Lost Minstrel,' f Thanks to Saint Bothiin, son of mine. Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line :...I, and I swear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret his Oil I exclaims ' the Doug Its' in Afamim, for the detection of sheep-stealers. To demonstrate the unerring... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...fury's pace; " A royal messenger he came, '1 'hough most unworthy of the name.— A letter forged ! Si. Jude to speed ! Did ever knight so foul. a deed.'"...When the king praised his clerkly skill. Thanks to St Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line: So swore ], and I iwear it still, Let... | |
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