 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1854 - 352 Seiten
...beautifully related in L'Allemagne, vol. iii. p. 336. J MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. THE HOMES OF ENGLAND. " Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land ? " THE stately homes of England, Marmion. How beautiful they stand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees,... | |
 | John William Clayton - 1857 - 192 Seiten
...England, should alone make us proud that we are her children, and exclaim with the poet, " Oh! where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land?" But to proceed. Although the enthusiastic parting of the good-natured populace of D fell somewhat gratefully... | |
 | John Marius Wilson - 1858 - 168 Seiten
...Yonder the shores of Fife you saw, Here Preston Bay and Berwick Law ; And, broad between them roll'd, The gallant Firth the eye might note, . Whose islands...coward that would not dare To fight for such a land?" SIK WAITER SOOTT. HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE HAND-BOOK TO EDINBURGH. EDIKA ! Scotia's darling seat... | |
 | M. M. Bell - 1858 - 332 Seiten
...beautiful description of the view of Edinburgh from it in ' Marmion,' and how Fitzeustace exclaims— ' Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land !' So do take me there." "Well done, Eda! you're worth having for a cousin, I'm so glad you like 'Marmion.'... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 394 Seiten
...Berwick-Law; and then, in the next line, this limited scene stands as a repre-. sentation of all Scotland :— “Fitz-Eustace' heart felt closely pent; As if to...vent, The spur he to his charger lent, And raised his bridle hand; And, making demivolte in air, Cried, ‘Where's the coward that would not dare To fight... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 338 Seiten
...in the next line, this limited scene stands as a representation of all Scotland :— " Pitz-Eustace' heart felt closely pent; As if to give his rapture...vent, The spur he to his charger lent, And raised his bridle hand ; And, making demivolte in air, Cried,' Where's the coward that would not dare To fight... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 496 Seiten
...of Fife you saw; Here Preston Bay and Berwick Law: And, broad between them rolled, The gallant Frith the eye might note, Whose islands on its bosom float, Like emeralds chased in gold." I do not like to spoil a fine passage by italicizing it; but observe, the only hints at form, given... | |
 | Walter Cooper Dendy - 1859 - 120 Seiten
...We are fascinated by the loveliness of this nook of the Hebrides, and exclaim, with Fitz Eustace, " Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land!" The group of islets that lie around us are all geologically allied : their rock is mica and clay-schist,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 Seiten
...the shores of Fife you saw; Whose islands on its bosom float, The gallant Firth the eye might note, Like emeralds chased in gold. Fitz-Eustace' heart...And, making demi-volte in air, Cried, " Where's the crowd that would noi dare XXXL And fife and kettle-drum, And sackbut deep, and psaltery, And war-pipe... | |
 | works of the best authors - 1860 - 260 Seiten
...the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! Canto IY. Stanza 30. Where 's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land ! Ibid. Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue ;— Suit lightly won,... | |
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them rolled, The gallant Firth the eye might note Whose islands on its bosom float Like emeralds chased in gold; Fitz-Eustace' heart felt closely pent, As if to give his rapture vent, The spur he to his charger lent, And raised his bridle-hand, And making... 
