 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 sider
...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 view each well-known scene, Think...streams were left ; And thus I love them better still, E'en in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 sider
...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 view each well-known scene, Think...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... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 sider
...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 view each well-known scene, Think...of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams are loft; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let... | |
 | 1871 - 910 sider
...such animated lays as these : — Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band ? Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what...love them better still, Even in extremity of ill. THL LEARY, DCL (Oxon.) accidents incidental to coach-travelling may be divided into three classes :... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1871 - 520 sider
...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 view each well-known scene, Think...friends thy woods and streams were left; And thus I love thee better still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's streams still let me stray, Though none should... | |
 | Wade Hampton - 1871 - 54 sider
...soil. " Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ? Still as I view each well-known scene, Think...thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love thee better still, Even in extremity of ill." It was this ardent love of country, combined with a strong... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1871 - 248 sider
...flood, 20 Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy nigged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think...is now, and what hath been, Seems as, to me, of all bereft,2 Sole friends thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sider
...it ceases to beat, With the smoke of its ashes to poison the gale — ! That knits me to thy ragged ¡is, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love them better... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 564 sider
...patriotic outburst : — "O CaledonIa I Meet nurse for a poetic child I Land of the mountain and the flood, As I view each well-known scene, Think what is now and what hath been, I love them better still." Proudly and truly might all Scotchmen exclaim with him, — " Breathes there... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1872 - 178 sider
...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 view each well-known scene, Think...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... | |
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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 view... 
