 From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch,...  The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem - Side 160af Walter Scott - 1805 - 332 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 sider
...claim ; Despile those lilies, power, and pelf (2) , The wretch concentered all in self, Living (3), shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying , shall...from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung (4). WALTER SCOTT. EVE'S ADIEU TO PARADISE. Must I thus leave thee , Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native... | |
 | 1851 - 592 sider
...aggrandisement or national emolument — the historian who breathes on his pages a lying spirit, ' Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying,...down, To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoored, and unsung.' Of misguided historic genius I shall submit but one example: but that n noble... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 sider
...a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel-raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless...his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, pow'r, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1841 - 418 sider
...though his titles, proud his fame, Boundless his wealth, as wish can claim, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying shall go down To the vHe dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, uohonour'd, and unsung." Caroline asked count Altenberg, who... | |
 | William Erigena Robinson - 1842 - 76 sider
...on a foreign strand 1 If such there breathe, go mark him well, For him no minstrel's raptures swell. High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." It has been the custom in some cities, and I regret to be compelled to say,... | |
 | Samuel Church - 1842 - 104 sider
...my own, my native !and ? If such there be, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell. High though his titles — proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite his titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 sider
...a foreign strand ! If such there hreathe, go, mark him well ; For him no Minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name. Boundless...all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, douhly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprang. Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung.... | |
 | 1843 - 350 sider
...on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well, For him no minstrel raptures swell. High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless...Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the... | |
 | 1843 - 604 sider
...as they are I must be allowed to quote, " DcspiK his titles, power and |i. If, The wretch concentred all in self; Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying, shall ge dawn To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung." As public opinion then,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 sider
...a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. SCOTT. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. THAT day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass... | |
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