Tales of Wonder;, Volumen2W. Bulmer and Company, 1801 |
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... twas a ' her riches ) , Wad ever grace a dance of witches ! 13 But here my Muse her wing maun cour ; * Sic flights are far beyond her pow'r ; To sing how Nannie lap and flang , ' ( A souple jade she was and strang " ) , And how Tam ...
... twas a ' her riches ) , Wad ever grace a dance of witches ! 13 But here my Muse her wing maun cour ; * Sic flights are far beyond her pow'r ; To sing how Nannie lap and flang , ' ( A souple jade she was and strang " ) , And how Tam ...
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... You neglect my just request ; " After this proud foe subduing , " When your patriot friends you see , " Think on vengeance for my ruin , " And for England shamed in me . ” — No. XXXVI . MARGARET'S GHOST . MALLET . ' TWAS 258.
... You neglect my just request ; " After this proud foe subduing , " When your patriot friends you see , " Think on vengeance for my ruin , " And for England shamed in me . ” — No. XXXVI . MARGARET'S GHOST . MALLET . ' TWAS 258.
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Matthew Gregory Lewis. No. XXXVI . MARGARET'S GHOST . MALLET . ' TWAS at the silent solemn hour , When night and morning meet , In glided Margaret's grimly ghost , And stood at William's feet . Her face was like an April morn , Clad in a ...
Matthew Gregory Lewis. No. XXXVI . MARGARET'S GHOST . MALLET . ' TWAS at the silent solemn hour , When night and morning meet , In glided Margaret's grimly ghost , And stood at William's feet . Her face was like an April morn , Clad in a ...
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... sound in air presaged approaching rain , And beasts to covert , scud across the plain . Warn'd by the signs , the wandering pair retreat , To seek for shelter at a neighbouring seat : ' Twas built with turrets , on a rising ground 266.
... sound in air presaged approaching rain , And beasts to covert , scud across the plain . Warn'd by the signs , the wandering pair retreat , To seek for shelter at a neighbouring seat : ' Twas built with turrets , on a rising ground 266.
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... Twas then his threshold first received a guest , ) Slow creeking turns the door , with jealous care , And half he welcomes in , the shivering pair ; One frugal faggot lights the naked walls , And nature's fervour , through their limbs ...
... Twas then his threshold first received a guest , ) Slow creeking turns the door , with jealous care , And half he welcomes in , the shivering pair ; One frugal faggot lights the naked walls , And nature's fervour , through their limbs ...
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appear'd arms awaye Bamborough castle beneath bonnie bower bride castle charms cheeks cried crookt Cutty-sark Dæmon Dame dark dark descent daye dead dear death dost dreams E'en eyes face faeries fair fair Janet fate fear fell fix'd foul frae Ghost grace green grew grey knight grone ground Guenever guest hair hand head heart heaven hell Kerton-hall King Arthur King Jamie kiss knight lady Ladye light limbs look'd Lord Lukyn maid mantle Margret mind morning mortal mother ne'er never o'er ODIN pale pass'd Patrick's Purgatory Porsenna Prince PROPHETESS Queen reach'd rest ride rose sark sayd seem'd sholde sight Sir Gawaine Sir Kay Sir Ouvain sorrow soul spake speed steed stood Sweet William sword ta'en tale Tam Lin thee thine thou art thunder tree Twas unkle wind WITCH young youth
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Página 248 - In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu...
Página 264 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Página 242 - And thro the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn; And near the thorn, aboon the well, Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Before him Doon pours all his floods; The doubling storm roars thro the woods; The lightnings flash from pole to pole, Near and more near the thunders roll: When, glimmering thro the groaning trees, Kirk-Alloway seem'd in a bleeze, Thro ilka bore the beams were glancing, And loud resounded mirth and dancing.
Página 240 - The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter; And ay the ale was growing better: The landlady and Tam grew gracious, Wi' favours, secret, sweet, and precious: The souter tauld his queerest stories; The landlord's laugh was ready chorus: The storm without might rair and rustle, Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy: As bees flee hame wi...
Página 263 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Página 260 - Her bloom was like the springing flower, That sips the silver dew ; The rose was budded in her cheek, Just opening to the view. But love had, like the cankerworm, Consumed her early prime: The rose grew pale, and left her cheek ; She died before her time.
Página 241 - That hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hour he mounts his beast in; And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Página 269 - ... and pitying this, he goes, Lost and confounded with the various shows. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, Again the wanderers want a place to lie, Again they search, and find a lodging nigh. The soil...
Página 276 - To measure height against his head, And lift itself above : Yet, spite of all that Nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dar'd to love. He felt the charms of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies look within...
Página 270 - Approach'd the careless guide, and thrust him in ; Plunging he falls, and rising lifts his head, Then flashing turns, and sinks among the dead. Wild sparkling rage inflames the Father's eyes, He bursts the bands of fear, and madly cries : —