 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...renown, And, douhly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Pnwept, unhonoured, and unsung. II. 0 Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of hrown heath and shaggy wood', Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...doubly dying, sjiall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand! Still, as I... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 pages
...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung, II. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1821 - 536 pages
...— as whose dues not wh>-n poetical description is named, — to the haunt of the northern muse, ' Stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child, Land...heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the Tflood,' must remember that compared with some of ours, Scottish livers are but brooks, and Scottish... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1821 - 542 pages
...poetical description is named, — to the haunt of the northern muse, ' Stern and wild, Meet nurse fur a poetic child, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood,' must remember that compared with some of ours, Scottish rivers are but brooks, and Si ottish forests... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...doubly dying, shall go down To the vile .dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still as I view... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 pages
...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. II. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I... | |
 | Henry John George Herbert Earl of Carnarvon - 1825 - 468 pages
...Moslem King and people to report The hostile summons of the Spanish Court. CANTO IV. THE GUERILLA. Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my Sires ! What mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! SCOTT. For the... | |
 | Archibald Crawfurd - 1825 - 340 pages
...was the dear land of his sires, and well might he have exclaimed, in the language of our bard, — " Land of brown heath, and shaggy wood ! Land of the mountain, and the flood ! Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ?" Lewis stood... | |
 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1826 - 426 pages
...lines that I have heard you repeat a hundred times, with such enthusiasm — spouting after them O Caledonia ! stern and wild ! Meet nurse for a poetic...Land of the mountain and the flood ! Land of my sires ! "No," exclaimed Caroline, "but now I exclaim," O Italy ! serene and mild ! Meet nurse for a romantic... | |
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O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires! what mortal hand can e'er untie the filial band, that knits me to thy rugged strand! 
