 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 sider
...enough to put to death his treacherous confidant. Stanza XIII.— page 31. The words, that cleft Eildan hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone. Alichael Scott was, once upon a time, much embarrassed by a spirit, for whom he was under the necessity... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1837 - 602 sider
...began with a kind of public work, ' And warrior, I could tell to thee The words -which clave Eildon's hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone.' It was not till the demon had achieved these that the wizard fairly puzzled him by bidding him weave... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 sider
...Notre Dame!13 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;1« But to speak them were a deadly sin; And for haling but thought them my heart within, Л... | |
 | 1840 - 378 sider
...Notre Dame ! 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...them my heart within, A treble penance must be done. " When Michael lay on his dying bed, His conscience was awakened : He bethought him of his sinful deed,... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 286 sider
...l'épître, et en rentrant dans la sacristie il se fit représenter and who by his muttered spell " Cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone." Yet it would be unjust to compare the wildest fancies of the phrenologists with the drivelling follies... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 290 sider
...1'e"pitre, et en rentrant dans la sacristic il se fit repre"senter and who by his muttered spell " Cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone." Yet it would be unjust to compare the wildest fancies of the phrenologists with the drivelling follies... | |
 | Raphael - 1841 - 782 sider
...Notre Dame. 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...But to speak them were a deadly sin, And for having bat thought them my heart within, A treble penance must be done. When Michael lay on his dying bed,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 382 sider
...skill he taught to me ; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three,4 And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : But to...them my heart within, A treble penance must be done. 1 See Appendix, Note O. t Ibid. Note P. 3 Ibid. Note Q. 4 Michael Scott was, once upon a time, much... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 772 sider
...skill he 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 : But to...them my heart within, A treble penance must be done. 1 See Appendix, Note O. 2 Ibid. Note P. 3 Ibid. Note Q. 4 Michael Scott was, once upon a time, much... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1849 - 326 sider
...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... | |
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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... 
