 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
 | James Wilson - 1838 - 372 pages
...of Music, vol. 3. — Musical Biography. THE LIFE THOMAS WILSON, THE BLIND BELL RINGER OF DUMFRIES. "Then, while on Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted...bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still upon the hallowed day, Convoke the swains to praise and pray.1' It is humiliating to the pride of man to trace... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...hia 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...realm gave way! Then, while on Britain's thousand plaina One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 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 of the realm gave way ! Still, while on Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted church remains ; Whose peaceful bells ne'er... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...queneh'd in smoke, The warder fallen, the column broke." 9 MS.—" i-rf think how to his latest d.iy." Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage...realm gave way ! Then, while on Britain's thousand plain i, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in'his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the helm gave way; Then, while on Britain's thousand plains,...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 - 1843 - 732 pages
...at 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 of the realm rave way 1 Then, while on Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1848 - 586 pages
...dangerous post he stood ; " Each call lor needful rest repell'd, " With dying hand the rudder held, "Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, " The steerage of the realm gave way." Another topic which I should be glad to dwell upon, but can only mention, is, his reverence for the... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - 1849 - 414 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 of the realm gave way." It has been supposed by some that the remote cause of Mr. Adams's death was a severe injury he received... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 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...way ! Then, while, on Britain's thousand plains, One uupolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody toesin's maddening sound,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
...Palinure's unaltered mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood, Each call for needful rest repelled, 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... | |
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