 | A L. Lymburner - 1846 - 936 pages
...X. " I little thought, when first the rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That highland eagles e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless...worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey 1" SCOTT'S " Lady of the Lake." SLOWLY advanced the procession of mourners along the road. All its... | |
 | Jane Anthony Eames - 1847 - 610 pages
...when he uttered that simple and touching lament, " I little thought when first thy rein, I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That highland eagle e'er...matchless steed ; Woe worth the chase ! woe worth the day 1 That cost thy life, my gallant grey ! " Soon after we got through the Trosachs, we came suddenly... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...and remorse, He sorrowed o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er...worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey !" — Then through the dell his horn resounds, From vain pursuit to call the hounds. Back limped,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 316 pages
...limbs, to rise no more Then, touch'd with pity and remorse, He sorrow'd o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed i Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day That costs thy life, my gallant grey ! " X. Then through the... | |
 | Frederick Dinsdale - 1849 - 192 pages
...WEAK-WORTH : Woe betide ye. " Wae-worth the loun that made the laws." Gilderoy, \. 65 (Per. Rel. i, 338). " Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey." Scott's Lady of the Lake, Canto 1, ix. WEATHER-GALL, n. An imperfect rainbow. A word of similar meaning... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...limbs, to rise no more ; Then, touch'd with pity and remorse, He sorrow'd o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey!" Then through the dell his horn resounds, From vain pursuit to call the hounds. Back limp'd, with slow... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
...remorse, He sorrowed o'er the expiring horse: — "I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That highland eagle e'er...should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed! Wo worth the chase, wo worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray!" Then through the dell his... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed 1 Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray 1" > See Appendix, Note B. • Ibid. Note C. • " The torn TVuocA lignifie» the rongk or brieOed... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 pages
...limbs, to rise no more ; Then, touch'd with pity and remorse, He sprrow'd o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon...day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey ! " x. Then through the dell his horn resounds, From vain pursuit to call the hounds. Back limp'd, with slow and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pages
...sorrow'd o'er the expiring horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein T slack'd upon the bunks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On...fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woo worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray 1" i See Appendii, Note B. « Ibid. Note C.... | |
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I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey ! 
