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" These fertile plains, that soften'd vale, Were once the birthright of the Gael : The stranger came with iron hand, And from our fathers reft the land. Where dwell we now ! See, rudely swell Crag over crag, and fell o'er fell. Ask we... "
A Year Abroad: Or Sketches of Travel in Great Britain, France and Switzerland - Page 71
by Willard C. George - 1852 - 248 pages
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The Lady of the Lake: A Poem

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...answered with disdainful smile, — " Saxon, from yonder mountain high, I marked thee send delighted eye, Far to the south and east, where lay, Extended in...Were once the birth-right of the Gael ; The stranger come with iron hand, And from our fathers reft the land. Where dwell we now ! See, rudely swell Crag...
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The Christian Observer, Volume 9

1811 - 872 pages
...succession gay, Deep waving fields and pastures green, With gentle slope« and groves between ¡— i Those fertile plains, that softened vale. Were, once the birth-right of the Gael; The .stranger саше wiih iron hand. And from our futhers reft the land. Where dwell we now? see rudely swell Cn'.g...
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The poetical works of Walter Scott, Volume 6

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...answer'd with disdainful smile,— " Saxon, from yonder mountain high, I mark'd thee send delighted eye, Far to the south and east, where lay, Extended in...and groves between :— These fertile plains, that soften d vale, Were once the birth-right of the Gael; The stranger came with iron hand, And from our...
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The Herald of peace. July 1850-Jan./March 1930. Oct. /Dec. 1938, Jan./April 1939

International peace society - 232 pages
...described in the verse of Sir Walter Scott. The Caffre chief would exclaim, like Roderick Dhu : — " ' These fertile plains, that softened vale, Were once the birthright of the Gael. Where dwells he now ? * * * Think 'st thou we will not sally forth To spoil the spoiler as we may,...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 4

Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...answer'd with disdainful smile, — " Saxon, from yonder mountain high, I mark'd thee send delighted eye, Far to the south and east, where lay, Extended in...and groves between : — These fertile plains, that soften'd vale, Were once the birth-right of the Gael ; The stranger came with iron hand, V And from...
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The Lady of the Lake: A Poem

Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...answered with disdainful smile, — ' Saxon, from yonder mountain high I marked thee send delighted eye, Far to the south and east, where lay, Extended in...pastures green, With gentle slopes and groves between : F These fertile plains, that softened vale, Were once the birth-right of the Gael ; The stranger...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: Complete in One Volume

Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...with disdainful smile,— «Saxon, from yonder mountain high» T inark'd lh«'C send delighted eye, Far to the south and east, where lay, Extended in succession gay, Пегр w.iving lields and pastures given, Willi gentle slopes and groves between: — Thirst! fertile...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...foul conflict borne. Sold. Saxon, from yonder mountain high, I marked thee send delighted eye, O'er waving fields and pastures green, With gentle slopes,...softened vale Were once the birthright of the Gael. The Saxons came with iron hand, And from our fathers reft the land. Where dwell we now? see rudely swell...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...with disdainful smile, — •• Saxon, from yonder mountain high, I mark'd thee send delighted eye, Far to the south and east, where lay, Extended in...and groves between : — These fertile plains, that soften'd vale, Were once the birth-right of the Gael; The stranger came with iron hand, And from our...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 10

1837 - 580 pages
...Indians ! Like them, they were the original possessors of the suil, and roved in lawless freedom : ' Far to the south and east, where lay Extended in succession...that softened vale, Were once the birth-right of the Gtiel ; The stranger came, with iron hand, And from our fathers reft the land.' And as Roderick continues,...
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