| Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 էջ
...was knight like the young Lochinvar. He staid not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none ; But, ere...in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby hall, Among bride's-men, and kinsmen, and... | |
| English poetry - 1857 - 334 էջ
...was knight like the young Lochinvar. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske river, where ford there was none ; But, ere...in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bride's-men, and kinsmen, and... | |
| James W. Gousseff - 1981 - 236 էջ
...was knight like the young Lochinvar. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere...gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: Fora laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly... | |
| Meg Cabot - 2004 - 274 էջ
...her mind. And so she strove to keep it flexible by demanding from it all the poetry that she knew. " 'For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.' " That was precisely who Nicola was. Fair Ellen, locked in this odious tower... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 2003 - 258 էջ
...was knight like the young Lochinvar, He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere...gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: Fora laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar, So boldly... | |
| Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - 2004 - 166 էջ
...was knight like the young Lochinvar. He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone. He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere...in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he enter'd the Netherby Hall, Among brides-men, and kinsmen, and... | |
| Kiran Desai - 2007 - 394 էջ
...barely opened his mouth for whole years and his English still had the rhythm and the form of Gujerati. But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had...laggard in love and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. . . . When he looked up, he saw they were all chuckling. While her mother... | |
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