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 162af Walter Scott - 1805 - 332 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Lizzie Selina Eden - 1867 - 378 sider
...FORTRESSES— APPALLING TALE. Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what has been, Seems as to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love thee better still, Even in extremity of ill. CHAPTER XII. 10th of July was the last day of our stay... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 536 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 fccble way; Still feel the breeze down Kttrk-k... | |
| 1868 - 904 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 thi:e better still, Even in extremity of ill." LAICUS. Spiritual Wives.... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1868 - 828 sider
...Cau e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy merged strand I 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." The Queen also shows that... | |
| Victoria (Queen of Great Britain) - 1868 - 258 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. The Lay of the Last Minstrel.... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1868 - 844 sider
...ie now, nnd what hath been, Seems ae, to me, of all bereft. Sole friends thy woodB and streams are left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill." The Queen also shows that she appreciates the true eloquence of the pulpit. Thus, on Sunday, October... | |
| Victoria (Queen of Great Britain) - 1868 - 310 sider
...is now, and what hath been, Seems as, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams are left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill. The Lay of the Last Minstrel FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF BALMORAL. Balmoral, Friday, September 8, 1848. We... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 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. Murmion. REBECCA'S HYMff. : was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could bt) jd such,... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 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. 185. From 'MAHMION.' PITT AND Fox. To mute and to material things, New life revolving summer brings... | |
| William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 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, F,ven in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble... | |
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