 Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land. " O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure, a more redoubted knight Mischance did never take.  Northern Garlands: A Collection of Songs - Seite 171herausgegeben von - 1887 - 261 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 Seiten
...style, which one may well pardon in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought : Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. The beautiful line, ' Taking the dead man by the hand,' will put the reader in mind of ./Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 Seiten
...Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my laud. O Christ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. The beautiful line, ' Taking the dead man by the hand,' will put the reader in mind of jEneas's behaviour... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 346 Seiten
...life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would II rail lost my land. O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. The beautiful line, 'Taking the dead man by the hand,' will put the reader in mind of Eneas' behaviour... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 Seiten
...in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought. Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas,...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. That beautiful line, taking the dead man by the hand, will put the reader in mind of ^Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 Seiten
...in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought. Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas,...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. That beautiful line, taking the dead man by the hand, will put the reader in mind of ^Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 156 Seiten
...all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Lord Percy sees me fall. Then leaving life, Earl Percy tooke The dead man by the hand ; And said, Earl Douglas,...renowned knight Mischance did never take. A knight among the Scots there was, Which saw Earl Douglas dye, Who streight in wrath did vow revenge Upon the... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 128 Seiten
...all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Lord Percy sees me fall. Then leaving life, Earl Percy tooke The dead man by the hand ; And said, Earl Douglas,...renowned knight Mischance did never take. A knight among the Scots there was, Which saw Earl Douglas dye, Who streight in wrath did vow revenge Upon the... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 Seiten
...style, which one may well pardon in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought : Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. That beautiful line, ' Taking the dead man by the hand,' will put the reader in mind of jEneas's behaviour... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 340 Seiten
...leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would 1 had lost my land. " O Christ! my very heart doth bleed...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. The beautiful line, ' Taking the dead man by the hand,' will put the reader in mind of jEneas' behaviour... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 Seiten
...hero of the match, And said, «• Sir Horace, for thy bets Would I had mdss'd my catch ! " In sooth, my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure a more good-temper' d knight A match did never make." A 'Squire of Western Kent there was, Who saw his friend... | |
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