 O 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 ! Still, as I...  The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem - Side 160af Walter Scott - 1805 - 332 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John W. Curtis - 1846 - 180 sider
...Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems,...love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.— SIR W. SCOTT. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 sider
...filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ? 96 ADDRESS TO A MUMMY. Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems...of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams are left : And thus I love them better still, E'en in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 sider
...filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ? 96 ADDRESS TO A MUMMY. Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as to me of ah1 bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams are left : And thus I love them better still, E'en in... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 330 sider
...Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems...love them better still, Even in extremity of ill. EOSABELLE. O listen, listen, ladies gay ! No haughty feat of arms I tell ; Soft is the note, and sad... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - 364 sider
...Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems...of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams are left; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 sider
...Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand! Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems...better still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's streams still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble way; Still feel the breeze down Ettrick... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 sider
...Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ? Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems...streams were left ; And thus I love them better still, Kven in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 sider
...knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what bath been, Seems as to me, of all bereft, Sole friends...better still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's streams still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble way , Still feel the breeze down Ettrick... | |
 | N. Leitch - 1851 - 234 sider
...Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand; Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems...friends thy woods and streams were left; And thus I love thee better still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let me stray, Though none should... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1852 - 190 sider
...doubly dying, shall go down, To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung ! 0 Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...Seems as, to me, of all bereft, • Sole friends thy streams and woods were loft ; And thus I love them better still Even in extremity of ill. 10 LAY OF... | |
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