 With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way ! Then, while on Britain's thousand plains One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound,...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Complete - Page 27by Walter Scott - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...dangerous post he stood ; •. Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallowed day, Convoke the swains to praise and pray ; While faith and civil peace are dear, Grace this... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallowed day, Convoke the swains to praise and pray ; While faith and civil peace are dear, Grace this... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...his dangerous post he stood; Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful hells ne'er sent around The hloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallowed day, Convoke... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful rest repell'd } With dying hand the rudder held ; Till in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...around ' The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But st 11 upon the hallow'd day Convoke the swains to praise and pray ; — While faith and civil peace... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...his dangerous post Jie stood ; Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted church remains, Wliose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody totsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallowed... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful rest repell'd, * With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...maddening sound, But still, upon the hallow'd day, Convoke iIn swains to praise and pray ; While faith and civil peace are dear, Grace this cold marble with a... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 pages
...his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful rest repell'd, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...While faith and civil peace are dear, Grace this cold marhle with a tear, — He, who preserved them, PITT, lies here ! Nor yet suppress the generous sigh,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...his dangerous post he stood; Each call for hrcdfnl rert repel I'd, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway. The steerage of the realm gave way ! Then, while on I'ritajn's thousand pl.iins One unpolluted church remain«, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...his dangerous post he stood; Each call for needful rest repell'd, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...while on Britain's thousand plains One unpolluted chnrch remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But Mill,... | |
 | 1850 - 772 pages
...his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful rat repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till in his fall with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way ! " We feel the void he has left, — as a harp without its master — as a host without its leader.... | |
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