The Vision of Don Roderick: The Field of Waterloo, and Other PoemsA. Constable & Company, 1821 - 256 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
arms army band Banner Bard battle beneath blaze blithe bloody bold Bolero brave British Buonaparte burst Ceuta Chief of Kintail conquest Count Julian crest cuirassier dark Don Roderick dread enemy Ettrick Forest fair fame fatal fate fear fell FIELD OF WATERLOO fierce fight fire flame forest French gallant glance goblet that flows Goths GRÆME hand harp hast hath havock hear heard heart Heaven heroes High Chief Hougoumont King ladies gay land light lords and ladies Mackenzie mark'd Massena mingled Minstrel Monarch's Moors mountain ne'er Norsemen Note numbers o'er Oppas Orelia Portugal proud rage ranks rience ruins Saint Cloud Saracens scene Scotland shatter'd shout slain song Spain Spanish squadrons stern storm sung sword tale thee thine thou thunders Toledo tower Troubadour valour verse victory VISION OF DON voice waked warriors WATERLOO Wheel the wild wild dance Zaragoza
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Página 118 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Página 146 - Diamonds on the brake are gleaming, And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green : Now we come to chant our lay,
Página 168 - No, not to these, for they have rest,— The mist-wreath has the mountain-crest, The stag his lair, the erne her nest, Abode of lone security. But those for whom I pour the lay, Not wild-wood deep, nor mountain grey, Not this deep dell, that shrouds from day, Could screen from treach'rous cruelty.
Página 148 - You shall see him brought to bay ; " Waken, lords and ladies gay! " Louder, louder, chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ! Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we ; Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Staunch as hound, and fleet as hawk ? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay...
Página 147 - To track the buck in thicket green; Now we come to chant our lay 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.' " Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the greenwood haste away; We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot and tall of size; We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers fray'd; You shall see him brought to bay; 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 205 - The lancer couch'd his ruthless spear, And hurrying as to havoc near, The cohorts' eagles flew. In one dark torrent, broad and strong, The advancing onset...
Página 141 - He came — he pass'd — an heedless gaze, As o'er some stranger glancing ; Her welcome, spoke in faltering phrase, Lost in his courser's prancing — The castle arch, whose hollow tone Returns each whisper spoken, Could scarcely catch the feeble moan, Which told her heart was broken.
Página 180 - Kintail. Thy sons rose around thee in light and in love, All a father could hope, all a friend could approve ; What vails it the tale of thy sorrows to tell, — In the spring time of youth and of promise they fell ! Of the line of Fitzgerald remains not a male, To bear the proud name of the Chief of K'intail.
Página 147 - Waken, lords and ladies gay." Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the greenwood haste away ; We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot and tall of size ; We can show the marks he made, When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed ; You shall see him brought to bay, "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 119 - They shall run to and fro in the city, they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses, they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.