| Ancient historic ballads - 1807 - 256 pàgines
...infancy: before ever Mrs Wardlaw's copy reas heard of. SCOTTISH FRAGMENT. STATELY stept he east the way, And stately stept he west, Full seventy years he now had seen, With scarce seven years of rest. He lived, when Britain's breach of faith Wrought Scotland mickle woe... | |
| 1807 - 250 pàgines
...Mrs Wardlaw's copy was heard of. 220 HARBYKMUTE. SCOTTISH FRAGMENT. STATELY stept he east the way, And stately stept he west, Full seventy years he now had seen, With scarce seven years of rest. He lived, when Britain's breach of faith Wrought Scotland mickle woe:... | |
| 1814 - 328 pàgines
...foul dehate "t'ss ivi nohlemen may eease. HARDYKNUTE. [A FRAGMENT.] QTATELY stept he East the way, O And stately stept he West ; Full seventy years he now had seen, With searee seven years of rest • He liv!d— when Briton's hreaeh of faith Wrought Seotland miekle... | |
| Thomas Percy (bp. of Dromore.) - 1830 - 232 pàgines
...title. The Poem is styled " Hardiknute, a Fragment of an old IJ.eroick Ballad," and commences thus : And stately slept he east the wa", And stately stept he west ; Full seventy years he now had seen, With scarce seven years of rest, &c. Besides an immense variety of minute differences, and some important... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1839 - 444 pàgines
...edition, as it was prepared for the press, with the additional improvements. (See below, page 116.) I. STATELY slept he east the wa', And stately stept he...years he now had seen, Wi' scarce seven years of rest. He liv'd when Britons breach of faith 5 Wrought Scotland mickle wae : And ay his sword tauld to their... | |
| Peter Chalmers - 1844 - 656 pàgines
...stair, descending from the outside, on the west. NOTE RR, p. 297-8. Portion of the Poem of Hardyknute. Stately slept he east the wa, And stately stept he west ; Full seventy zeirs he now had sene, With skerss sevin zeirs of rest. He livit quhen Briton's breach of faith Wroucht... | |
| Anne MacVicar Grant - 1845 - 344 pàgines
...Castle, where halls of hospitality were open in the days of Hardyknute ; where — " Stately stept he east the wa', And stately stept he west; Full seventy...he now had seen, Wi' scarce seven years of rest." But unless you had some previous acquaintance with my favourite hero, with all his valour, courtesy,... | |
| 1846 - 248 pàgines
...the prevailing instrument. A FRAGMENT. (From the Original Edition, printed in 1719.) STATELY stept he east the wa', And stately stept he west, Full seventy...years he now had seen Wi' scarce seven years of rest. He liv'd when Britons' breach of faith Wrought Scotland mickle wae : And aye his sword tauld to their... | |
| Joseph S. Moore - 1846 - 376 pàgines
...herself so, produced the last two stanzas, which were not in the copy first printed.] TATELY stept he east the wa', And stately stept he west, Full seventy...years he now had seen, Wi' scarce seven years of rest. He liv'd when Britons breach of faith Wrought Scotland mickle wae : And ay his sword tauld to their... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1856 - 576 pàgines
...additional improvements. (See below, page 208.) r. STATELV slept he east the wa', And stately slept he west, Full seventy years he now had seen, Wi' scarce seven years of rest. He liv'd when Britons breach of faith 5 Wrought Scotland mickle wae : And ay his sword tauld to Iheir... | |
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