 | 1857 - 280 ページ
...not for break, 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,...late; For a laggard in love and a dastard in war, So boldly he entered the Netherby hall, 'Mong bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all, Then spoke... | |
 | James W. Gousseff - 1981 - 236 ページ
...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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 2003 - 258 ページ
...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... | |
 | Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - 2004 - 166 ページ
...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,...in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he enter'd the Netherby Hall, Among brides-men, and kinsmen, and... | |
 | Kiran Desai - 2007 - 394 ページ
...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 consented,...laggard in love and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. . . . When he looked up, he saw they were all chuckling. While her mother... | |
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River where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Nethe'rby 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. 
