The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ...A. and C. Black, 1880 |
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... head of a dedication before your poem . However , do not absolutely observe the exact quantity of these virtues , it not being determined whether or no it be necessary for the hero of a poem to be an honest man . For the under ...
... head of a dedication before your poem . However , do not absolutely observe the exact quantity of these virtues , it not being determined whether or no it be necessary for the hero of a poem to be an honest man . For the under ...
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... head before you set it a - blowing . " For a Battle . " Pick a large quantity of images and descriptions from Homer's Iliad , with a spice or two of occurrences of history , would be deprived of the individual 10 PREFACE TO.
... head before you set it a - blowing . " For a Battle . " Pick a large quantity of images and descriptions from Homer's Iliad , with a spice or two of occurrences of history , would be deprived of the individual 10 PREFACE TO.
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... head , Should hang it o'er his monument when dead , — For Lucy loves to tread enchanted strand , And thread , like him , the maze of Fairy land ; 1 [ MS .- " Perchance , because it sung their praise . " ] • Collins , according to ...
... head , Should hang it o'er his monument when dead , — For Lucy loves to tread enchanted strand , And thread , like him , the maze of Fairy land ; 1 [ MS .- " Perchance , because it sung their praise . " ] • Collins , according to ...
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... head , And faintly gleam'd each painted pane Of the lordly halls of Triermain , When that Baron bold awoke . Starting he woke , and loudly did call , Rousing his menials in bower and hall , While hastily he spoke . IV . " Hearken , my ...
... head , And faintly gleam'd each painted pane Of the lordly halls of Triermain , When that Baron bold awoke . Starting he woke , and loudly did call , Rousing his menials in bower and hall , While hastily he spoke . IV . " Hearken , my ...
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... head Flow'd streams of purple , and gold , and red , Dark at the base , unblest by beam , Frown'd the black rocks , and roar'd the stream- With toil the King his way pursued By lonely Threlkeld's waste and wood , Till on his course ...
... head Flow'd streams of purple , and gold , and red , Dark at the base , unblest by beam , Frown'd the black rocks , and roar'd the stream- With toil the King his way pursued By lonely Threlkeld's waste and wood , Till on his course ...
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Página 323 - 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 318 - Now let this wilfu' grief be done, And dry that cheek so 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 339 - Yet not the landscape to mine eye Bears those bright hues that once it bore, Though evening, with her richest dye, Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver current glide, And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruined pride.
Página 322 - Come away, come away, Hark to the summons ! Come in your war array, Gentles and commons. Come from deep glen, and From mountain so rocky, The war-pipe and pennon Are at Inverlochy. Come every hill-plaid, and True heart that wears one, Come every steel blade, and Strong hand that bears one. Leave untended the herd, The flock without shelter; Leave the corpse...
Página 56 - But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress.
Página 274 - Three hundred cannon-mouths roar'd loud, And from their throats, with flash and cloud, Their showers of iron threw. Beneath their fire, in full career...
Página 318 - 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 318 - ... not lack, Nor braid to bind your hair ; Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk, Nor palfrey fresh and fair ; And you, the foremost o' them a', Shall ride our forest queen " — But aye she loot the tears down fa
Página 12 - FOR THE MACHINES. Take of deities,* male and female, as many as you can use : separate them into two equal parts, and keep Jupiter in the middle : let Juno put him in a ferment, and Venus mollify him. Remember on all occasions to make use of volatile Mercury. If you have need of devils, draw them out of Milton's Paradise, and extract your spirits from Tasso.
Página 12 - That is to say, a poet should never call upon the gods for their assistance, but when he is in great perplexity." FOR THE DESCRIPTIONS. For a tempest.—" Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas, and cast them together in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder, the loudest you can, quantum sufficit.