| English poetry - 1866 - 192 ページ
...fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume, And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twcre better by far To have matched our fair cousin with...hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near, So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 ページ
...fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her car, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near ; So light...swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,"... | |
| Irish ecclesiastical record - 1885 - 840 ページ
...her father and his guests were half drunk, she stole to the door. O'Daly was there tj receive her. " One touch to her hand and one word in her ear, When...swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. ' She is won, we are gone over bank, brush and scaur ; ' They'll have fleet steeds that follow,' quoth... | |
| James W. Gousseff - 1981 - 236 ページ
...That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume;...hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! 'She is won! we are gone,... | |
| Francis Parkman - 1991 - 1012 ページ
...touch to her hand, and one word in her ear. When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stxxxl near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung. So light to the saddle before her he sprung! 'She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,' quoth... | |
| Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - 2004 - 166 ページ
...fair cousin with young Lochinvar. One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light...swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! 'She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that followj quoth... | |
| Anne Gracie - 2008 - 372 ページ
...to the beat of his horse's hooves. One touch to her hand and one word in her ear, When they reach 'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light...swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! She was no fair Ellen from a poem. Nor anyone's bride. Her note had told him to fetch the authorities,... | |
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