 | 1868 - 796 sider
...Merrimack, and to grow mills, like early lettuce, all in four weeks. They spoke " The words that cleft Eildon hills in three." " And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone " ; and, when the Salmon and the Shad came up the next spring, they ran their noses against a granite... | |
 | William C. Stewart - 1857 - 428 sider
...were stolen, Oakwood, the residence of Michael Scott the wizard, whose industrious imp " cleft the Eildon hills in three, and bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone," and Carterhaugh, the scene of the beautiful romantic ballad of " Young Tamlane." Just below this haugh,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 sider
...Some of Ыз skill lie taught to me ; And, Warrior, I could say to theo The words tliat cleft EilJon hills in three,* And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : But to apeak them were a deadly ein ; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble peuance must... | |
 | James Glass Bertram - 1858 - 218 sider
...were stolen, Oakwood, the residence of Michael Scott the wizard, whose industrious imp " cleft the Eildon hills in three, and bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone," and Carterhaugh, the scene of the beautiful romantic ballad of " Young Tamlane." Just below this haugh,... | |
 | John Marshall (minister of the Scottish episc. church.) - 1859 - 496 sider
...Dame ! Some of his si; ill he taught to me ; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with...them my heart within, A treble penance must be done. —Canto II. Suppres- It was in tne reign of Robert the Bruce that the sion of the Pope, after holding... | |
 | Walter White - 1859 - 498 sider
...Wizard ? " Some of his skill he tanght 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." And that which befell at the hill of Richmond in Yorkshire, and in other places of King Arthur's dominion,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1915 - 878 sider
...country-side ; far away to the south-west rise the Tweeddale Hills, the home of Michael Scott, Who cleft the Eildon hills in three And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone, while nearer still lies the kirkyard of Drummelzier where legend has it that Merlin is buried, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 sider
...Notre Darnel 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 stoise? But to speak them were a deadly sin; And for having but thought them my heast wifchsm, A treble... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 sider
...three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of atone : But to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for naving but thought them my heart within, A treble penance must be done. " When Michael lay on his dying b?d, His conscience was awakened ; He bethought him of his sinful deed,... | |
 | Edward Bradley - 1863 - 460 sider
...species of showman's altar, and does duty for the effigy of Michael Scott, the wizard — he who cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone — though legendary lore is by no means unanimous on this point ; one version ascribing the deed to... | |
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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... 
