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... success of which stamped Walter Scott as one of the great poets of the land . And although his subsequent efforts were obscured by the brilliancy of his own crea- tions in another field - the verdict of posterity has upheld the estimate ...
... success of which stamped Walter Scott as one of the great poets of the land . And although his subsequent efforts were obscured by the brilliancy of his own crea- tions in another field - the verdict of posterity has upheld the estimate ...
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... success in any enterprise , is certainly not less so for the aspirant to poetical fame , to whom faith in his own powers and a certain indifference to the approval of the public , is necessary before he can give full utterance to his ...
... success in any enterprise , is certainly not less so for the aspirant to poetical fame , to whom faith in his own powers and a certain indifference to the approval of the public , is necessary before he can give full utterance to his ...
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... the first work published bearing his name - a translation of Goetz von Berlichingen - had appeared , and though spoken of with approval , did not meet with much success . During this visit he became acquainted with Mr. M. G. xxiv MEMOIR OF.
... the first work published bearing his name - a translation of Goetz von Berlichingen - had appeared , and though spoken of with approval , did not meet with much success . During this visit he became acquainted with Mr. M. G. xxiv MEMOIR OF.
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... success as an advocate , besides enabling him to give freer rein to his literary tastes . And as he had been for some time previously , gathering together old Border Ballads with a view to publication , the opportunities which this ...
... success as an advocate , besides enabling him to give freer rein to his literary tastes . And as he had been for some time previously , gathering together old Border Ballads with a view to publication , the opportunities which this ...
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... success of the " Minstrelsy " led to his being solicited by the publishers , prominent amongst whom was Mr. Constable , who at this time was entering upon those great projects , the successful development of which made Edinburgh for the ...
... success of the " Minstrelsy " led to his being solicited by the publishers , prominent amongst whom was Mr. Constable , who at this time was entering upon those great projects , the successful development of which made Edinburgh for the ...
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ancient arms ballad band bard Baron battle beneath betwixt blaze blood blood-hound bold Border Branksome Branksome Hall Branksome's brave Buccleuch bugle castle chapel chief clan Count Julian courser Cranstoun's crest cross'd Dacre Dame dark dead death Deloraine Don Roderick Douglas dread Earl English Eskdale Ettrick Ettrick Forest falchions fame fell fight fire friends gallant Græme hall hand harp heard heart heaven honour house of Douglas King knight Ladye lances land Last Minstrel Liddesdale light literary Lord loud mark'd Melrose Melrose Abbey Mickledale Minstrel minstrelsy Moors moss-trooper Musgrave Naworth Castle ne'er noble o'er pass'd poem poet poet's pray'd pride ride river Ettrick Roslin round rung scene Scotland Scottish Scottish Border seem'd shout silver slain soul sound Spain spear steed stood sung sword Teviot Teviot's Teviotdale thee thou Tinlinn tower Twas warriors wave wild William of Deloraine Zaragoza
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24 ページ - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory...
47 ページ - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
31 ページ - Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon Hills in three. And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone...
lxvi ページ - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry; For, welladay ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest.
24 ページ - When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home' returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II.
6 ページ - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night...
30 ページ - The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
3 ページ - The pitying Duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time. Till every string's according glee Was blended into harmony. And then, he said, he would full fain He could recall an ancient strain He never thought to sing again.
lxvi ページ - Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door, And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear.
33 ページ - Lo, warrior ! now, the cross of red Points to the grave of the mighty dead : Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night; That lamp shall burn unquenchably, Until the eternal doom shall...