 And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, — The Saxon cause rests on thy steel; For thus spoke Fate, by prophet bred Between the living and the dead: 'Who spills the foremost foeman's life, His party- conquers in the strife.  The Lady of the Lake - Strona 167autor: Walter Scott - 1869 - Liczba stron: 312Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - Liczba stron: 446
...there no means ? " — " No, stranger, none ! And here, — to fire thy flagging zeal, — 40 The Saxon cause rests on thy steel ; For thus spoke Fate, by...the dead : ' Who spills the foremost foeman's life, " Then, by my word," the Saxon said, " The riddle is already read ; See yonder brake beneath the cliff,... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1849 - Liczba stron: 538
...between the Saxon and the Gael, as described in the " Lady of the Lake," was to be determined — " Who spills the foremost foeman's life His party conquers in the strife." But however it may have arisen, it was a practice too well suited to the rude ignorance and chivalrous... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1849 - Liczba stron: 528
...between the Saxon and the Gael, as described in the " Lady of the Lake," was to be determined — " Who spills the foremost foeman's life His party conquers in the strife." But however it may have arisen, it was a practice too well suited to the rude ignorance and chivalrous... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - Liczba stron: 318
...? Are there no means ?" "No, Stranger, none! And bear,— to fire thy flagging zeal, — The Saxon cause rests on thy steel ; For thus spoke Fate by...word," the Saxon said, " The riddle is already read See yonder brake beneath the cliff, — There lies Red Murdoch, stark and stiff Thus Fate hath solved... | |
 | 1877 - Liczba stron: 668
...first-named work ¡в referred to by .\ÍR. SOLLY. 5«* 8. т. 365.] DOES Walter Scott, in his lines, — " For thus spoke Fate, by prophet bred Between the living...' Who spills the foremost foeman's life, His party conquere in the strife,' " allude to a superstition believed in to any extent in the days he writes... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1851 - Liczba stron: 480
...effective use of this idea in The Lady of the Lake, where Brian delivers the oracular couplet — " Who spills the foremost foeman's life, His party conquers in the strife." An augury that was not, however, fulfilled as regarded the cause of Congregation versus Queen ; for... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - Liczba stron: 594
...Are there no means?" — "No, Stranger, none! And hear — to fire thy flagging zeal — The Saxon cause rests on thy steel; For thus spoke Fate by prophet...and the dead : €Who spills the foremost foeman's lifes His party conquers in the strife/ n "Then, by my word," the Saxon said, " The riddle is already... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - Liczba stron: 420
...no means?" — " No, Stranger, none ! And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, — The Saxon canse rests on thy steel ; For thus spoke Fate, by prophet...Seek yonder brake beneath the cliff, — There lies Red Murdoch, stark and stiff. Thus Fate has solved her prophecy, Then yield to Fate, and not to me.... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - Liczba stron: 378
...No, Stranger, none! And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, — The Saxon cause rests on thy %teel ; For thus spoke Fate by prophet bred Between the living...Seek yonder brake beneath the cliff, — There lies Red Murdoch, stark and stiff. Thus Fate has solved her prophecy, Then yield to Fate, and not to me.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - Liczba stron: 892
...there no means 1" — " No, Stranger, none 1 And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, — The Saxon cause rests on thy steel ; For thus spoke Fate, by...living and the dead ; 'Who spills the foremost foeman's Ufe, His party conquers in the 6trife.' "— "Then, by my word," the Saxon said, "The riddle ia already... | |
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