 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 384 ページ
...melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail child of clay...dolphin from the shark, Or the deer before the hounds. ance of the little archipelago of islets, of which Staffa is the most remarkable. This group, called... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 468 ページ
...child of clay I Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine!" xr. Merrily, merrily goes the bark, Before the gale she...the shark, Or the deer before the hounds. They left Loch-Tua on their lee, And they wakened the men of the wild TireeJ And the Chief of the sandy Coll... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 448 ページ
...of clay I Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine ! ' — 11 Merrily, merrily, goes the bark — Before the gale...the shark, Or the deer before the hounds. They left Loch-Tua on their lee, And they waken'd the men of the wild Tiree, And the Chief of the sandy Coll... | |
 | 1857 - 758 ページ
...sparkles crest the surging tides, And, flashing round, the ves.sel's sides With elvish lustre lave. " Merrily, merrily goes the bark, Before the gale she...dolphin from the shark, Or the deer before the hounds.'' — Lord of the Itltt. THE first fighting colours of the Season have been displayed, and the Prince... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 390 ページ
...melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail child of clay...stately shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine ! " a XI. Merrily, merrily goes the bark, Before the gale she bounds ; So darts the dolphin from the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 422 ページ
...melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail child of clay...humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard—but witness mine ! " J XI. Merrily, merrily goes the bark, Before the gale she bounds ; So darts... | |
 | Hercules Robinson - 1858 - 278 ページ
...20, 1856. Latitude, 45.40; longitude, 10.35; Cape Finisterre, S. by E., 170 miles; a fresh NE wind. " Merrily, merrily, goes the bark, Before the gale she...bounds, So darts the dolphin from the shark, Or the haro before the hounds." Pretty, but not true. You might as well send a cow after a hare as a shark... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 ページ
...melody ; Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, Well hast thou done, frail child of clay ; Thy humble powers that stately shine, Task'd high and hard — but witness mine. Merrily, merrily, goes the bark, Before the gale... | |
 | Walter Cooper Dendy - 1859 - 120 ページ
...swells. Nor doth its entrance point in vain* To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, Well hast thou done ; frail child of clay, Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard, but witness mine." The south-western cliffs present a most-majestic point to... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1860 - 410 ページ
...praise : Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine !" The whole island is full of traditions : one part records... | |
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In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd... 
