Metrical Legends of Northumberland: Containing the Traditions of Dunstanborough Castle, and Other Poetical Romances. With Notes and IllustrationsW. Davison, 1834 - 160 էջ |
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... doomed for ever to frown in stone . " Around his waist a horn is braced , " Wrought by a mystic hand of yore ; " Whose blast must make this fabric shake , " Ere the power of that mighty spell be o'er ; " Or yon sheathed brand , with ...
... doomed for ever to frown in stone . " Around his waist a horn is braced , " Wrought by a mystic hand of yore ; " Whose blast must make this fabric shake , " Ere the power of that mighty spell be o'er ; " Or yon sheathed brand , with ...
Էջ 72
... doomed at once to die ! In fixed amaze , he bent his gaze On his hundred foes of stone ; And shuddered with awe , when the blade he saw Of the mystic sword , he dared to draw , Was a living serpent grown ! With conscious start , he ...
... doomed at once to die ! In fixed amaze , he bent his gaze On his hundred foes of stone ; And shuddered with awe , when the blade he saw Of the mystic sword , he dared to draw , Was a living serpent grown ! With conscious start , he ...
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... doomed to linger there for ever ! Happening to hear a gentleman observe that it would have been much more agreeable had the result been fortunate , and recollecting that the Edinburgh Review says " the readers of romance do not like an ...
... doomed to linger there for ever ! Happening to hear a gentleman observe that it would have been much more agreeable had the result been fortunate , and recollecting that the Edinburgh Review says " the readers of romance do not like an ...
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... doomed to bind . Long years it lay in that deep cave , Companioned with the ocean wave , And the siren song of the sweet sea - maid , As she tarried her emerald hair to braid . At length , on a lovely summer morn , To Dunstanborough's ...
... doomed to bind . Long years it lay in that deep cave , Companioned with the ocean wave , And the siren song of the sweet sea - maid , As she tarried her emerald hair to braid . At length , on a lovely summer morn , To Dunstanborough's ...
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... doomed for ever to remain , Till rent by warrior's steel in twain . If , daring mortal ! thy frail hand Again may quail before that band , The misery thou hast felt shall be As one small drop of yonder sea , Compared with that vast ...
... doomed for ever to remain , Till rent by warrior's steel in twain . If , daring mortal ! thy frail hand Again may quail before that band , The misery thou hast felt shall be As one small drop of yonder sea , Compared with that vast ...
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Alnwick Aydon Bamburgh Castle Bernicia blast blaze blue breast bright burst Cambois Coquet Island coral courser crag cried crystal Cuddy daring dark deep Deira Dilston doomed dread Dunstanborough Castle enchanted fair fairy Fawdon Hill fear fell fierce fire fled FRASIER Gereddin gleam green grey hall hand hath heart Hedgley Hexham HEXHAMSHIRE Holy Island Holystone honour horn hour JAMES SERVICE king lady LAIDLEY WORM land Legend light Lindisfern Lord magic maiden marble mighty Morpeth mortal mystic ne'er Northumberland Northumbria's NOTE o'er Paulinus Percy PERCY'S queen river Blyth roar rock round ruins Rupert rushed serpent seven Seven Sleepers shew Shewin Shiels shore sigh Sir Guy Sir Knight soul sound spear spell Spindleston spirits steed stone stood sword tale thee thine thou tomb tower tradition turrets Twas Tynedale Tynemouth Priory voice wall wanderer Wansbeck warrior wave wild wind wreath
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Էջ 119 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found. Among the faithless faithful only he : Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example with him wrought To 'swerve from truth, or change his constant mind Though single.
Էջ 99 - In olde dayes of the king Artour, " Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, <• All was this lond fulfilled of faerie; "The elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie " Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. " This was the old opinion as I rede...
Էջ 55 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alley'd walk To emulate in stone.
Էջ 135 - AN ancient story I'll tell you anon Of a notable prince that was called King John ; And he ruled England with main and with might, For he did great wrong, and maintained little right. And I'll tell you a story, a story so merry, Concerning the Abbot of Canterbury; How for his house-keeping and high renown, They rode post for him to fair London town.
Էջ 98 - Upon a mushroom's head Our tablecloth we spread ; A grain of rye or wheat Is manchet which we eat; Pearly drops of dew we drink, In acorn cups fill'd to the brink.
Էջ 128 - This easy and universal belief, so expressive of the sense of mankind, may be ascribed to the genuine merit of the fable itself. We imperceptibly advance from youth to age, without observing the gradual, but incessant change of human affairs ; and even in our larger experience of history, the imagination, is accustomed by a perpetual series of causes and effects, to unite the most distant revolutions.
Էջ 53 - Here charity hath fix'd her chosen seat, Oft listening tearful when the wild winds beat, With hollow bodings round your ancient walls : And pity, at the dark and stormy hour Of midnight, when the moon is hid on high, Keeps her lone watch upon the topmost tower, And turns her ear to each expiring cry ; Blest if her aid some fainting wretch might save, And snatch him cold and speechless from the wave.
Էջ 127 - When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance should be firmly secured with a pile of huge stones.
Էջ 98 - For this place is fairy ground. When mortals are at rest And snoring in their nest, Unheard and unespied, Through key-holes we do glide; Over tables, stools and shelves, We trip it with our fairy elves. And, if the house be foul...
Էջ 100 - Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. This was the old opinion as I rede ; I speke of many hundred yeres ago ; But now can no man see non elves mo, For now the grete charitee and prayeres Of limitoures and other holy freres, That serchen every land and every streme, As thikke as motes in the sonne beme...