 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 life, One glance at their...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Pàgina 593editat per - 1836Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 534 pàgines
...war, That up the lake comes winding far I To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array I " This lay shows how the battle swept through the Trosachs and along the shores of Katrine ; how Highland... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1871 - 508 pàgines
...time to think of myself;—all my fervor was spent in admiration of this glittering army. " It were worth ten years of peaceful life One glance at their array." I thought of these verses, and they spoke of my delight. It was not long before we were outside of the... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 564 pàgines
...war, That up the lake comes winding far I To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array 1 " This lay shows how the battle swept through the Trosachs and along the shores of Katrine ; how... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pàgines
...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 life, — • One glance at their array I " Their light-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled ground ; Their center ranks, with pike... | |
 | Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - 1872 - 522 pàgines
...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 - 520 pàgines
...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,12 and we turned our guns on them as they... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pàgines
...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 life, — One glance at their array ! " Their light-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled ground ; Their center ranks, with pike... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1874 - 388 pàgines
...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 life, One glance at their array ! XVI. " Their light-arm 'd archers far and ueai Survey'd the tangled ground, 1'heir centre ranks,... | |
 | Joseph Thatcher Woods - 1874 - 274 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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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