 | School board readers - 1872 - 200 Seiten
...When kindness had his wants supplied, And the old man was gratified, Began to rise his minstrel pride, And, would the noble duchess deign To listen to an...stiff his hand, his voice though weak, He thought e'en yet, the sooth to speak, That, if she loved the harp to hear, He could make music to her ear.... | |
 | Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 Seiten
...good Earl Francis, I dead and gone, And of Earl Walter,* rest him God! A braver ne'er to battle rode : And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors of Buccleuch ; * Newark Castle, near Selkirk, is on the river Yarrow, a tributary of tin t The Duchess of Buccleuch... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 Seiten
...rise — his minstrel pride : And he began to talk, anon, Of good Earl Francis, (dead — and gone;) And how full many a tale he knew — Of the old warriors — of Buccleugh; And would the noble Duchess — deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff —... | |
 | T. W. M. - 1876 - 264 Seiten
...father o( the Dnchv,s ol Monmouth. N And of Earl Walter,* rest him God I A braver ne'er to battle rode : And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...stiff his hand, his voice though weak, He thought e'en yet, the sooth to speak, That, if she loved the harp to hear, He could make music to her ear.... | |
 | James Moir Porteous - 1876 - 322 Seiten
...good Karl Francis, dead and gone. And of Earl Walter,t rest him God, A braver ne'er to battle rode : And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...Buccleuch ; And would the noble Duchess deign To listen to the old man's strain. " Many a valiant knight is here ; But he the chieftain of them all, His sword... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 Seiten
...good Earl Francis ,t dead and gone, And of Earl Walter.f rest him God! A braver ne'er to battle rode: ough the latter may dutchess deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff his hand, his voice though weit He thought,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 Seiten
...Earl Francis, dead and gone, And of Earl Walter— rest him, God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew Of the old warriors of Bucclcuch : And, would the noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff his hand,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 742 Seiten
...good Earl Francis,* dead and gone, And of Earl Walter,! rest him God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode : And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...stiff his hand, his voice though weak, He thought e'en yet, the sooth to speak, That, if she loved the harp to hear, He could make music to her ear.... | |
 | Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 Seiten
...Earl Francis,* dead and gone, 50 And of Earl Walter,* rest him, God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...of Buccleuch : And, would the noble Duchess deign 55 To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff his hand, his voice though weak, He thought e'en... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 Seiten
...Earl Francis, f dead and gone, And of Earl Walter, J rest him, God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode; And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors of 13uccleuch ; And, would the noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff his... | |
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Though stiff his hands, his voice though weak, He thought even yet, the sooth to speak. That if she loved the harp to hear, He could make music to her ear. 
