THE feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower, that was guarded by word and by spell, Deadly to hear, and deadly to tell — Jesu Maria, shield us well ! No living wight save the Ladye alone, Had dared to... Works - Side 164af Walter Scott - 1923Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1905 - 584 sider
...thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung. II. DELORAINE'S RIDE. CANTO I. L THE feast was over in Branksome Tower, And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower...Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone. The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all ; Knight, and page, and household squire, Loiter'd through... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 sider
...SCOTT (1771-1832) THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL FROM CANTO I The feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower; Her bower...Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone. The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all; Knight, and page, and household squire, Loiter" d through... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 sider
...rung. 'Twas thusthe LATEST MINSTREL sung. well : Canto First. i. THE feast was over in Branksome tower, from their parent hill, Till each, retiring, claims...footing nice, A far projecting precipice. The broom's • H. The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all; Knight, and page, and household squire, Loiter' d... | |
| Frederick LANGBRIDGE - 1911 - 510 sider
...Last Minstrel," Canto I.) (MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY) The feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower...Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone. The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all ; Knight, and page, and household squire Loiter' d through... | |
| George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 sider
...responsive rung, " 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTEEL sung. CANTO FIRST The feast was over in Branksome tower, ides, are not of Dick's temperament. I knew an Amlet...youth of promise. If he had a blemish, it was too much The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all; Knight and page and household squire Loitered through the... | |
| George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 sider
...MINSTREL sung. CANTO FIRST 99 The feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye had~gone~ to Tier r hodden-gray,- and a' that; J0 Jesu_Maria, shield us well! Xo living wight, save the Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold... | |
| Eino Railo - 1927 - 434 sider
...Branksome Castle was clearly born under demoniac influences of the above nature.2" Her secret bower is guarded " by word and by spell, deadly to hear, and deadly to tell " ; except for the mistress herself no living 9 being has ever crossed its threshold. She is depicted... | |
| Kenneth R. Johnston - 1998 - 1018 sider
...starts out as a virtual plagiarism of "Christabel": The feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Layde had gone to her secret bower; Her bower, that was...Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone. dii-7) There were plenty of other precedents for Scott's poem in the ballad revival and in Gothic fiction,... | |
| Simon Dentith - 2006 - 10 sider
...we now are in the presence of a recreated antiquated idiom: The feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower; Her bower...Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone. (p. 8) This is definitely accentual rather than syllabic verse, and seeks to provide its readers widi... | |
| A. Hamilton Thompson - 2019 - 246 sider
...EXTRACTS FROM THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL I. BRANKSOME HALL The feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower; Her bower...and deadly to tell — Jesu Maria, shield us well ! 5 No living wight, save the Ladye alone, The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all ; Knight, and... | |
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