| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 pages
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — ' To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...may, And from the robber rend the prey ! Ay, by my sonl ! — While on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of gram ; While, of ten thousand herds, there... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 442 pages
...flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — ' To you, as to your sires of jore, Belong the target and claymore ! I give you shelter...spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey 1 Ay, by my soul ! — While on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain, — While, of ten thousand... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1856 - 312 pages
...steer or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — "To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...rend the prey ? Ay, by my soul ! — While on yon p'ain The Saxon rears one shock of grain ; While, often thousand herds, th, n -traye But one along... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — " To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ? Aye, by my soul, while on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain, While, of ten thousand herds,... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1856 - 826 pages
...remained. When taunted by Fitz-James, Roderick Dim-vindicates the practi of cattle-rieving by saying— " Pent in this fortress of the North, Think'st thou...as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ? Ay, bv my soul! —While on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain ; While, of ten thousand herds,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pages
...or household t^ead ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — i To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target and claymore I I give you shelter in my breast, Your own good blades must win the rest. Pent in this fortress of the... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 pages
...stranger came with iron hand, And from our fathers reft the land. Where dwell we now ! See, rudely swell To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...breast, Your own good blades must -win the rest.'— rPent in this fortress of the North, Think'st thou we will not sally forth, To spoil the spoiler as... | |
| 1858 - 516 pages
...steer or household bread ; Ask we for flocks those shingles dry, — And well the mountain might reply, To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...And from the robber rend the prey ! Ay, by my soul ! \Vhile on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain ; While of ten thousand herds there strays... | |
| 1858 - 516 pages
...steer or household bread ; Ask we for flocks those shingles dry, — And well the mountain might reply, To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...To spoil the spoiler as we may, And from the robber reud the prey ( Ay, by my soul ! While on you plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain ; While of ten... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1858 - 512 pages
...steer or household bread ; Ask we for flocks those shingles dry, — And well the mountain might reply, To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...win the rest. Pent in this fortress of the North, Think 'st thou we will not sally forth To spoil the spoiler as we ma,y, And from the robber rend the... | |
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