 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1849 - 326 ページ
...of certain words, but faintly shadows forth such results of the promulgation of truth. I could tell to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone — says the poet — but look at these cathedrals — "Behold what manner of stones and what buildings... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 ページ
...say to William of Deloraine, who had come to get the magic book from the tomb of the wizard, — " Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft...three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone." What the words were, that cleft Mount Holyoke and Mount Tom in twain, is known only to Him by whom... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 ページ
...sounds strange to my ear. " In these fair climes, it was my lot To meet the wondrous Michael Scott ; A wizard of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's cave, Him listed his mngic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, warrior,... | |
 | John Knox - 1851 - 216 ページ
...Scott, the wizard, mentioned in the Lay of the Last Minstrel, Canto II. " The wondrous Michael Scott ; A wizard of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's...magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame !" The readers of that poem will recollect that it was opened by William of Deloraine, and from the... | |
 | Andrew Dickinson - 1851 - 234 ページ
...that "knowledge is power," gave it up! In the Lay of theLast Minstrel is a long story about him and " The words that cleft Eildon Hills in three, "And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone. " In the same Lay, William of Deloraine is guided by the monk of St. Mary's aisle through the cloisters... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 560 ページ
...climes it was my lot To meet the wondrous Michael Scott, A wizard of such dreadful fame, That when to Salamanca's cave Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame." Lay of Last Minstrel, canto ii. This William Scolt ha'fl a son William, who on the first of September,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 566 ページ
...climes it was my lot To meet the wondrous Michael Scott, A wizard of such dreadful fame, That when to Salamanca's cave Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame." Lay of Last Minstrel, canto ii. I never heard the Chancellor accused of dealing in the black art; and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 ページ
...cave,1 ffim listed bis mngic wand to ware, The bells would ring in Notre Dame I* Some of his skill be taught to me ; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three,1 And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone: Beit to «peak them were a deadly ein ; And for... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 ページ
...sounds strange to my ear. " In these fair climes, it was my lot To meet the wondrous Michael Scott ; A wizard of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's cave, Him listed his mogic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, warrior,... | |
 | Philobiblon Society (Great Britain) - 1854 - 560 ページ
...Minjîrel, and the Notes, for " The wizard of fuch dreaded fame, That when in Salamanca's cave, Him lifted his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame." Canto il — 13. Of the authorfhip of Michael Scott little is known, much vaguely reported. He was... | |
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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... 
