...crested, haughty Marmion; Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, and almost a knight; The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A mighty mixture of the good and base. Say will not Caledonia's annals yield The glorious records of some well-fought field,...

...golden-crested haughjty Marmion, 160 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet or the field prepared...with his MILLER may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No! when the sons of song descend <o trade, Their bays are sear, their former...

...The gibbet or the field prepar'd to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'stthou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste...with his MILLER may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former...

...golden-crested haughty Marmion, 100 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet or the field prepared...perchance, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, ThoughMuRRAY withhis MILLER maycombine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No! when the...

...fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet or thje. field prepared to grape,; .!j .. , A mighty mixture of the great and base, And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance, . .,.;.,-. .; , i-.. ( ,, ,-' ..I ,i, i On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though MURRAY with...

...golden-crested haughty Marrnion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A migtvty mixture of the great and base.*' A great many other passages might be cited from the " English...

...golden-crested haughty Mannion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared...to grace, A mighty mixture of the great and base." A great many other passages might be cited from the " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," but we forbear...

...disgrace his genius , which is undoubtedly great , by a repetition of black-letter Ballad imitations. The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty...with his MILLER may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade , Their bays are sear , their former...

...mournful to the blast.' And the following are from twenty lines which he bestows on " Marmion :" ' And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance,...Though MURRAY with his MILLER may combine To yield thy mnse just half-a-crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear,...

...golden-crested haughty Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared...to grace; A mighty mixture of the great and base. congruous and absurd as the ground-work of this production. The entrance of Thundering and Lightning...