Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood. Lady of the Lake - Página 127por Walter Scott - 1909 - 204 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 684 páginas
...James their morning note ; With like acclaim they hailed the day When first I broke the Douglas' sway ; And like acclaim would Douglas greet, If he could hurl me from my scat. Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastie, fickle, fierce, and vain ? Vain as the leaf... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1883 - 144 páginas
...their morning note ; With like acclaim they hail'd the day, When first I broke the Douglas' sway ; And like acclaim would Douglas greet If he could hurl...fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, .And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 144 páginas
...James their morning note; With like acclaim they hail'd the day, When first I broke the Douglas' sway ; And like acclaim would Douglas greet If he could hurl...fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood.... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 páginas
...I. Canto v. Stanza 10. And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Hid. Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic,...fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fevered blood.... | |
 | Robert Kidd - 1883 - 518 páginas
...they knelt, he threw the grapes away. — John Boyk O'Reilly. CXXXII. — SHORT SELECTIONS. CONTEMPT. WHO o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic,...fierce and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as frenzy's fever'd blood.... | |
 | Robert Kidd - 1883 - 518 páginas
...bless the day." But, ere they knelt, he threw the grapes away. CXXXII.—SHORT SELECTIONS. CONTEMPT. WHO o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic,...fierce and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as frenzy's fever'd blood.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 páginas
...loudest shouts when lowest lie Exalted worth and station high. 3288 Scott : Rokeby. Canto vi. St. 26 Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic,...fickle, fierce and vain.' Vain as the leaf upon the strean,, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 684 páginas
...their morning note ; With like acclaim they hail'd tK; «lay Wlicn first I broko the houghs' Hway ; And like acclaim would Douglas greet, If he could hurl me from my scat. Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 páginas
...— The many-headed, the manyheaded beast or monster, often applied to a mob or the people generally. Who o'er the herd would wish to reign Fantastic, fickle, fierce and vafnT . . . Thou many-hfxdfd tnonrtfr thing, O who woulil wish to he thy long* M~ W. So*. Many-peopled... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1884 - 582 páginas
...James their morning note; With like acclaim they hail' d the day When first I broke the Douglas' sway; And like acclaim would Douglas greet, If he could...hurl me from my seat, Who o'er the herd would wish to Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream;... | |
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