 GOD prosper long our noble king, Our lives and safeties all ; A woful hunting once there did In Chevy-Chase befall. 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.  Old Nursery songs, stories, and ballads - Page 3by Old nursery songs - 1869Full view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...following quotations. What can be greater than either the thought or the expression in that stanza, To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took...child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day ! This way of considering the misfortunes which this battle would bring upon posterity, not only on... | |
 | English literature - 1824 - 808 pages
...suppose his mind teeming with his subject ; yet he cannot suppress the tender emotions of bis heart. " To drive the deer with hound and horn, Earl Percy...child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day !" How beautifully simple, and yet how natural the reflection which thus breaks in upon his narrative... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 284 pages
...following quotations. What can be greater than either the thought or the expression in that stanza. ' To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way; The child may rue that was unborn The hunting of that day!' This way of considering the misfortunes which this battle would... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1824 - 278 pages
...and poetical, or resemble more the majestic simplicity of the ancients than the following stanzas? ' The stout Earl of Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish wood Three summer's days to take,' • With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who... | |
 | Chevy chase - 1825 - 32 pages
...Is. 3d. DRAWING BOOKS, Plain and • ' Coloured. V0W The stout £ arl of Northumberland A. solemn vow did make , His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer days to take ; «..m-) THE e g-allant hounds did swiffly run chace the fallow deer, n Monday they began to Irant.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...following quotations. What can be greater than either the thought or the expression in that stanza, " To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took...child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day !" This way of considering the misfortunes which this battle would bring upon posterity, not only on... | |
 | Alexander Laing - 1828 - 492 pages
...be known, and hoisting his standard, gave the well known slogan — A Douglas ! A Douglas ! To chace the deer with hound and horn, Earl Percy took his...child may rue that is unborn, The hunting of that day. On hearing this, they rushed to the standard from all quarters, and began the attack ; the Earl of... | |
 | John Docwra Parry - Ballads, English - 1829 - 460 pages
...the Cheviot, in 1436, which by some has been supposed to have been the ground.work of Chevy-Chase. To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took...did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three Bummer's days to take ; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chace To kill and bear away. — The tidings to... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Ballads, English - 1829 - 344 pages
...our noble king, Our lives and safeties all; A woeful hunting once there did In Chevy-chase befall : To drive the deer with hound and horn, Earl Percy...rue that is unborn The hunting of that day. • The best account of Armstrong, his conduct, capture and execution, — for, alas ! instead of ending his... | |
 | Hannah More - Children - 1830 - 410 pages
...and queens; Resolv'd, in pity to this polish'd age, To drive these ballad heroes from the stage. " To drive the deer with hound and horn, Earl Percy...may rue, that is unborn, The hunting of that day." A pretty basis, truly, for a modern play! What ! shall a scribbling, senseless woman dare To your refinements... | |
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