 At first in heart it liked me ill, .When the king praised his clerkly skill. Thanks to Saint Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line: So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. — Saint Mary mend my fiery mood...  Scott's Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field - Pàgina 171per Walter Scott - 1899 - 335 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 pàgines
...Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. — Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools...mandate he recalls, And slowly seeks his castle halls. 1 Lest the reader should partake of the Earl's astonishment, and consider the crime as inconsistent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 364 pàgines
...Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. — Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools...mandate he recalls, And slowly seeks his castle halls. 16 The day in Marmion's journey wore; Yet, e'er his passion's gust was o'er, They crossed the heights... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 420 pàgines
...Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. — Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools...him where he stood. 'Tis pity of him too," he cried : u Bold can he speak, and fairly ride, I warrant him a warrior tried." With this his mandate he recalls,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pàgines
...pace: " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name : Saint Mary mend my fiery mood 1 Old age ne'er cools the Douglas' blood; I thought to slay him where he stood. 'T is pity of him too," he cried ; " Bold he can speak, and fairly ride ; I warrant him a warrior tried."... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pàgines
...But soon he rein'd his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name : Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools...he stood. 'Tis pity of him, too," he cried; "Bold he can speak, and fairly ride; I warrant him a warrior tried." With this his mandate he recalls, And... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pàgines
...Guwuin, ne'er could pen a lino : So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. — Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools the Douglas blood, I thought to slay him where ho stood. 'Tis pity of him too," he cried : " Bold can he speak, and fairly ride, I warrant him a warrior... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 pàgines
...swore I, and I swear it still, j Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. — ! Saint Mary mend my fiery mood I Old age ne'er cools the- Douglas blood* I thought...mandate he recalls, And slowly seeks his castle halls; The day in Marmion's journey wore* Yet, e'er his passion's gust was o'er, They crossed the heights... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pàgines
...most unworthy of the name ; A letter forged ! St. Jude to speed l Did ever knight so foul a deed 1 St. Mary, mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools the...mandate he recalls, And slowly seeks his castle halls. LXm.— THK LOVE OF DISPLAY. FOLLEN. [CHARLES FOLLEN was born at Romrod, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 pàgines
...Gawain, ne'er could pen a line: So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. — Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools...journey wore; Yet, ere his passion's gust was o'er, They crossed the heights of Stanrig-moor. His troop more closely there he scanned, And missed the Palmer... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pàgines
...unworthy of the name. — A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed ! Did ever knight so foul a deed ! Saint Mary, mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools...mandate he recalls, And slowly seeks his castle halls. SIB WALTER SCOTT. THE TRIAL BY COMBAT. "THERE is yet one chance of life left to me," said Rebecca,... | |
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