 | 1887 - 610 Seiten
...Percy was a prisoner.' So a supposed prophecy and the Earl's ' dreary dream ' were realised : — ' I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.' Hence also Home's lines in the tragedy of ' Douglas : ' — ' Hosts have been known at that dread sound... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 Seiten
...yestreen, " To dight my men and me." " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, " Beyond the Isle of Sky ; " I saw a dead man win a fight, " And I think that man was I." He belted on hia good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 Seiten
...yestreen " To dight my men and me. " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, " Beyond the Isle of Sky; " I saw a dead man win a fight, " And I think that man was I." He belted on his good braid swordAnd to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good. That should... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 Seiten
...yestreen " To (light my men and me. " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, " Beyond the Isle of Sky ; " I saw a dead man win a fight, " And I think that man was I." He belted on his good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the hehnet good, That should... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 Seiten
...yestreen " To dight my men and me. " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, " Beyond the Isle of Sky ; " I saw a dead man win a fight, " And I think that man was I." He belted on his good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Jean Froissart - 1832 - 412 Seiten
...prophecy takes the shape of a dream:— • " But I hae dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." The death of Douglas was concealed till the conclusion of the battle. After he was beaten down, he... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 Seiten
...yestreenll To dight my men and me. " But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 Seiten
...men yestreen1 To rlight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I. " 1 The English ballad has here :— " ' Now, by my troth,' the Douglas sayed, ' It ys but a fayned... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 Seiten
...bauncr, For all Yuglaade so bojlle.' " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 Seiten
...yestreenll To Uight my men and me. " But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
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Ye lie, ye lie, ye liar loud ! Sae loud I hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I. 
