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... fell . But list ! I will an ancient story tell , A tale of meikle woe and mystery , Of sore mishaps that an Old Sire befel , Wise Dame , and Minstrel of full high degree , And visions of dismay , unfitting man to see . 11 . And thou ...
... fell . But list ! I will an ancient story tell , A tale of meikle woe and mystery , Of sore mishaps that an Old Sire befel , Wise Dame , and Minstrel of full high degree , And visions of dismay , unfitting man to see . 11 . And thou ...
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... fell , The fleecy clouds that roll'd afar below , The hounds ' impatient whine , the bugle's swell , Raised in his breast a more than wonted glow . The nobles found him pleased , nor farther strove to know . 8 . The driver circle narrow ...
... fell , The fleecy clouds that roll'd afar below , The hounds ' impatient whine , the bugle's swell , Raised in his breast a more than wonted glow . The nobles found him pleased , nor farther strove to know . 8 . The driver circle narrow ...
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... fell : But flying still before the mingled yell , The gallant herd outspeeds the troubled wind ; Their rattling antlers brush the birken dell ; Their haughty eyes the rolling tear - drops blind ; But onward still they speed , and look ...
... fell : But flying still before the mingled yell , The gallant herd outspeeds the troubled wind ; Their rattling antlers brush the birken dell ; Their haughty eyes the rolling tear - drops blind ; But onward still they speed , and look ...
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... fell the night , Full thirty hinds those gallant hunters slew , Of every age and kind ; the drivers drew Their quarry on behind by ford and lea : But never more shall eye of monarch view So wild a scene of mountain majesty As Scotland's ...
... fell the night , Full thirty hinds those gallant hunters slew , Of every age and kind ; the drivers drew Their quarry on behind by ford and lea : But never more shall eye of monarch view So wild a scene of mountain majesty As Scotland's ...
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... fell ; They almost ween'd they heard the parting moan Of the old reverend sire , and wish'd him well ! — On gospel faith , and superstition's spell , The converse turn'd , and high the dispute ran ; And words were said unfitting bard to ...
... fell ; They almost ween'd they heard the parting moan Of the old reverend sire , and wish'd him well ! — On gospel faith , and superstition's spell , The converse turn'd , and high the dispute ran ; And words were said unfitting bard to ...
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Abbot art thou AYDEN AYDEN babe banks of Tay Bard beauteous beneath bloom Bonnye bairne bosom bothy bound bower breast brow CANTO caryl cheek child cloud dale dark deep dread face Fair dame fairy faithless fell flame flower fond frame gallant glen Grampian gray green hamlet hast hath heart heath Heaven hill hound Ila Moore JAMES BALLANTYNE journey'd Kincraigy's King kiss'd knew Kything land LILLELU lonely look'd loud lour Mador maid maiden mark'd Minstrel Monarch moon moorland morning mountain mysteries ne'er neuir never nigh night nobles o'er old Kincraigy oppress'd pale Palmer PERSIA play'd proud Quhan resistless rill roll'd rose round royal scarce scene Scotland's seem'd seen sigh sing sleep smile song soul spirits stood stretch'd sung sweet tale tears thee thine Throu tongue trembling turn'd Twas vale ween ween'd weep wild wind woodland younker youth
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Page 11 - To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Page 108 - Rule the ouphes and elves at will That vex the air or haunt the hill, And all the fury subject keep Of boiling cloud and chafed deep ! I have seen, and well I know it ! Thou hast done, and Thou wilt do it ! God of stillness and of motion ! Of the rainbow and the ocean ! Of the mountain, rock, and river ! Blessed be Thy name for ever ! I have seen Thy wond'rous might Through the shadows of...
Page 11 - The stout Earl of Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three...
Page 108 - BLESSED be Thy name for ever, Thou of life the guard and giver ; Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping ; Heal the heart long broke with weeping.
Page 109 - God of evening's yellow ray ; God of yonder dawning day, That rises from the distant sea Like breathings of eternity ! Thine the flaming sphere of light ! Thine the darkness of the night ! Thine are all the gems of even, God of angels ! God of heaven ! » God of life, that fade shall never ! Glory to Thy name for -ever ! 23.
Page 21 - Then, foiled and chafed to rage, roll down the broken steep. First died upon the peaks the golden hue, And o'er them spread a beauteous purple screen ; Then rose a shade of pale cerulean blue, Softening the hills and hazy vales between : Deeper and deeper grew the magic scene, As darker shades of the night-heaven came on ; No star along the firmament was seen, But solemn majesty prevailed alone Around the brows of Eve, upon her Grampian throne.
Page 77 - Tis not sic cauld that makes me cry, But my love's heart grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town, We were a comely sight to see; My love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysel
Page 92 - Wake half the night, and toil the live-long day; And when proud manhood o'er thy brow shall play, For me thy bow in forest shall be strung. The memory of my errors shall decay, And of the song of shame I oft have sung, Of father far away, and mother all too young ! 27.
Page 77 - And fades awa' like morning dew. O wherefore should I busk my head? Or wherefore should I kame my hair? For my true Love has me forsook, And says he'll never loe me mair.