Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand... The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Side 37af Sir Walter Scott, edited by J. Logie Robertson, M.A. - 1904Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Walter Scott - 1805 - 340 sider
...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. II. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...knits me to thy rugged strand! Still, as I view each well known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends,... | |
| Henry Smithers - 1807 - 254 sider
...dying shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. i n. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires I what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ? Still as I view... | |
| Christiane Derobert-Ratel - 1809 - 590 sider
...on which stood the remains of the school in which he had received the early part of his education. O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ? \ Lay of the Last Minstrel, p. ] 70. Amongst the ladies there is a frankness of character which forms... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1809 - 328 sider
...Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy woodLand of the mountain and the flood ; Land of my sires !...Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rui;ged strand : Lay of the Last Minstrel, p. 170. , I? J Amongst the ladies there is a frankness of... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 sider
...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. IL O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy Tugged strand ! • Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 sider
...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. * II. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires f what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thv rugged strand ! Still, as I... | |
| John Galt - 1813 - 412 sider
...doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal baud Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! THE Royal Scots, or Royal... | |
| John Galt - 1813 - 472 sider
...go down - " • :} To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, .„ Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal band ,J y»- i Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! THE Royal Scots,... | |
| Henry John George Herbert Earl of Carnarvon - 1825 - 468 sider
...Moslem King and people to report The hostile summons of the Spanish Court. CANTO IV. THE GUERILLA. Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain...the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! SCOTT. For the first fervour of their zeal inspired The mountaineers, the presence of their chief,... | |
| Archibald Crawfurd - 1825 - 340 sider
...was the dear land of his sires, and well might he have exclaimed, in the language of our bard, — " Land of brown heath, and shaggy wood ! Land of the...the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ?" Lewis stood wrapped in thought, while his misfortunes rushed across his imagination. Was he ever... | |
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