 The sun's retiring beams? — I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, Twere worth ten years of peaceful...  The poetical works of Walter Scott - Page 77by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1872 - 848 pages
...battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, Т were worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array 1 XVI. " Their light-arm'd archers far and near Survey*d...pike and spear, A twilight forest frown'd ; Their barbed horsemen, in the rear, The stern battalia crown'd. No cymbal clash'd, no clarion rang, Stall... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far : To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere...years of peaceful life, — One glance at their array ! " Their light-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled ground ; Their center ranks, with pike... | |
 | Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - 1872 - 522 pages
...taken up on elephants. . . . Then we ceased firing, and our troops advanced in beautiful style. Oh 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life One glance at their array. They drove the enemy before them from one hill to the other,1* and we turned our guns on them as they... | |
 | Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - 1872 - 518 pages
...them. CAPTURE OF ARRACAN. 71 Then we ceased firing, and our troops advanced in beautiful style. Oh Twere worth ten years of peaceful life One glance at their array. They drove the enemy before them from one hill to the other,12 and we turned our guns on them as they... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1873 - 328 pages
...Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, Twere worth...with pike and spear, A twilight forest frown'd, Their barbed ,horsemen, in the rear. The stern battalia crown'd. No cymbal clash'd, no clarion rang, Still... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1873 - 614 pages
...Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere...years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVL " Their light-arm'd archers far and near Survey'd the tangled ground, Their centre ranks, with... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 pages
...see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the crowd of Saxon war. That up the lake comes winding far! To hero boune for battle-strife, Or bard of martial...years of peaceful life, One glance at their array! Their light armed archers far and near . Surveyed the tangled ground, Their centre ranks, with pike... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1874 - 388 pages
...Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, Twere worth...peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVI. " Their light-arm 'd archers far and near Survey 'd the tangled ground, 1'heir centre ranks, with pike and... | |
 | Joseph Thatcher Woods - 1874 - 274 pages
...the soft sunlight of a cloudless sky alike reflected from the waters and the trappings of war — ' ' Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance, at their array." This beautiful vision proved exceedingly brief. A general change in the composition of Mother Earth... | |
 | Isaac Plant Fleming - 1875 - 382 pages
...down a sentence in illustration. 8. Parse and analyse the following: The hero bound for battle strife Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life. One glance at their array. JUNIOR CANDIDATES, 1871. 2. English Grammar. 1. Explain the terms abstract noun, collective noun, relative... | |
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