I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey ! The New sporting magazine - Página 2811869Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 páginas
...and remorse, He sorrowed o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey !"— X. Then through... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 páginas
...limbs to rise no more; Then, touch'd with pity and remorse, He sorrow'd o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey !"— X. Then through... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 páginas
...limbs, to rise no more ; Then, touch'd with pity and remorse, He sorrow'd o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey !" — X. Then through... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 páginas
...limbs to rise no more. Then touch'd with pity and remorse, He sorrow'd o'er the expiring hors*: « I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy ileet limbs, my matchless stppd; Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 páginas
...pity and remorse, He sorrowed o'er the expiring horse. 'I little thought when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my gallant steed! Wo worth the chase, wo worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant grey !' " ELLEN... | |
| Provincial Scotsman - 1829 - 300 páginas
...racter of Fitz James, in the " Lady of the Lake,*' arose from this couplet to his dying horse:— " I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...banks of Seine, That highland eagle e'er should feed Upon thy limb*, my matchless steed. Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day a ^ That costs thy life,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 páginas
...stiff limbs to rise no more. Then touch'd with pity and remorse, He sorrow' d o'er the expiring horse - I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless sited ; Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray ! » — X. Then... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 380 páginas
...limbs to rise no more ; Then, touched with pity and remorse, He sorrow 'd o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey !" X. Then through the... | |
| 1869 - 514 páginas
...follow the deer to the thicket, and hear '• the raring of the baffled hounds ;" moreover, he may fully realize the pity and remorse, the deep-felt sorrow...exclaims : " I little thought, when first thy rein I slaek'd upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs — my matchless... | |
| John William Carleton - 1869 - 516 páginas
...follow the deer to the thicket, and hear " the raving of the baffled hounds ;" moreover, he may fully realize the pity and remorse, the deep-felt sorrow...should feed On thy fleet limbs — my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, who worth the day, That costs thy life — my gallant grey 1" The description,... | |
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