 Not lighter does the swallow skim Along the smooth lake's level brim: And when Lord Marmion reached his band, He halts, and turns with clenched hand, And shout of loud defiance pours, And shook his gauntlet at the towers. ' Horse ! horse ! ' the Douglas...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet - Page 136by Walter Scott - 1887 - 646 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...drawbridge, grooms — what, Warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall/' — Lord Marmion turned, — well was his need And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like...scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV. The steed along the drawbridge flies, Just as it trembled on the rise ; Not lighter does the swallow... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...drawbridge, grooms — what, Warder, ho! Let the portcullis fall." — Lord Marniion turned, — well was his need ! And dashed the rowels in his steed,...scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV. The steed along the drawbridge flies, Just as it trembled on the rise ; Not lighter does the swallow... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...there was such scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. m. The steed along the dravvbridge flies, Just as it trembled on the rise ; Not lighter...smooth lake's level brim. And when lord Marmion reached his band, He halts, and turns with clenched hand, And shouts of loud defiance pours, And shook his... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...grooms—what, Warder, ho! Let the portcullis fall."— Lord Marmion turn'd,—well was his need, And dash'd the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way...scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV. The steed along the drawbridge flies, Just as it trembled on the rise ; Not lighter does the swallow... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...grooms—what, Warder, ho ! " Let the portcullis fall."— Lord Munilion turn'd,—well was his need, And dusliM the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way...scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV. The steed along the draw-bridge flies, Just as it trembled on the rise ; Not lighter does the swallow... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...gate behind him rung : To pass there was such scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV. The steed along the drawbridge flies, Just as it trembled...the smooth lake's level brim : And when Lord Marmion reach'd his band, He halts, and turns with clenched hand, And shout of loud defiance pours, And shook... | |
 | 1823 - 696 pages
...sends back a loud defiance to the Douglas. Lord Marmion tum'd, — well was his need, — And dash'd the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the archway...such scanty room The bars descending razed his plume. C. 6. Hœc auclax etiamnum in limine retro Vociferan«, jam tune impulsa per agmina prœceps, Evolat.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...gate behind him rung : To pass there was such scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV. The steed along the drawbridge flies, Just as it trembled...the smooth lake's level brim : And when Lord Marmion reach'd his band, He halts, and turns with clenched hand. And shout of loud defiance pours, And shook... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...his need, And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch way sprung, The pond'rous grate behind him rung : To pass there was such scanty...smooth lake's level brim. And when Lord Marmion reached his band. He halts, and turns with clenched hand, And shout of loud defiance pours, And shook his gauntlet... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall.» — (n) Lord Marmion turn'd— well was his need, And dash'd the rowels in his steed. Like arrow through the archway...scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV. The steed along the draw-bridge flies, Just as it trembled on the rise; Not lighter does the swallow... | |
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