 | 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
...cave, Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! Some of his si; ill he taught to me ; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The...having but thought 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... | |
 | Walter White - 1859 - 498 sider
...aged monk to Deloraine down there in that abbey concerning the Wizard ? " Some of his skill he tanght to me ; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words...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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 sider
...dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's cave, The bells would ring in Notre Darnel Some of his skill he taught to me; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 sider
...* Corbtllt, the projections from which tho arches spring, usually cut in i fantastic face, or mask. And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft...hills in 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... | |
 | Edward Bradley - 1863 - 460 sider
...a 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... | |
 | Cuthbert Bede - 1863 - 458 sider
...a 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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 sider
...projections from which tho arcbei spring, usually cut in a fantastic face, or mask. And, Warrior, I conld say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : Bat to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 792 sider
...was iappoied to h*\-e which he was rtfrnatted tr the t, tbe — <*. ft* cmurtry the magic for age. And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words, that...stone : But to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for naving but thought them my heart within, A treble penance must be done. xiv " When Micnael lay on his... | |
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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... 
