 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 ページ
...Eske river where ford there was none ; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had cousented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of bravo Lochinvar. So boldly he enter'd the Netherby Hall, Among bride's-men, and kinsmen, and brothers,... | |
 | James W. Gousseff - 1981 - 236 ページ
...He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: Fora laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly... | |
 | Meg Cabot - 2004 - 274 ページ
...her mind. And so she strove to keep it flexible by demanding from it all the poetry that she knew. " 'For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.' " That was precisely who Nicola was. Fair Ellen, locked in this odious tower against her will. But... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 2003 - 258 ページ
...Lochinvar, He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: Fora laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar, So boldly... | |
 | Walter Scott, Sir - 2005 - 293 ページ
...for stone, He swam the Eske2 river where ford there was none ; 320 But ere he alighted at Netherbys gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late...dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Loehinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, 325 Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers,... | |
 | Kiran Desai - 2007 - 394 ページ
...barely opened his mouth for whole years and his English still had the rhythm and the form of Gujerati. But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had...war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. . . . When he looked up, he saw they were all chuckling. While her mother did fret, and her father... | |
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River where ford there was none : But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. 
