 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; a poem - Page 209by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 433 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 456 pages
...: — • Can nought but blood our feud atone ? Are there no means ?" — " No, Stranger, none ! 9 And hear,— to fire thy flagging zeal,— The Saxon...said, " The riddle is already read. Seek yonder brake oeneath the cliff,— There lies Red Murdoch, stark and stiff. Thus Fate has solved her prophecy, Then... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...well deserved : Can nought hut hlood our feud atone ? 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 hy prophet hred Between the living and the dead ; " Who spills the foremost foeman's life, His party... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...Can nought but blood our feud atone ? Are there no means ?"—" No, Stranger, none ! And hear,—to fire thy flagging zeal,— The Saxon cause rests on...beneath the cliff,— There lies Red Murdoch, stark and stift. Thus Fate has solved her prophecy, Then yield to Fate, and not to me. To James, at Stirling,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...well deserv'd : Can nought but blood our feud atone ? Are there no means ?' ' No, stranger, none ! And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, — The Saxon...beneath the cliff, — There lies Red Murdoch, stark and stiff. Thus Fate has solved her prophecy, Then yield to fate, and not to me. To James, at Stirling,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 578 pages
...— <* No, stranger, none! And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, — The Saxon cause i . .r • on thy steel ; For thus spoke Fate, by prophet bred...read. Seek yonder brake beneath the cliff, — There lie* Red Murdoch, stark and stiff. Thus Fate has solved her prophecy, Then yield to Fate, and iiot... | |
 | 1833 - 550 pages
...augury ; but alas ! it did not contain even the dubious encouragement of the poetical authority — " Who spills the foremost foeman's life, His party conquers in the strife." An intense anxiety seemed to pervade the members ; it was evident that a favourable interpretation... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...deserved : — Can nought but blood our feud atone ? Are there no means ? " — " No stranger, none ; And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, The Saxon...yonder brake beneath the cliff, — There lies red Murdock, stark and stiff. Thus fate has solved her prophecy, Then yield to fate, and not to me. To... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 498 pages
...well deserved: Can nought but blood our feud atone? Are there no means?" — " No, stranger, non«! And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, The Saxon...the living and the dead: — Who spills the foremost foeman \ life, His party conquers in the strife.' " "Then, by my word," the Saxon said, " The riddle... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 378 pages
...deserved : — Can nought but blood our feud atone ? 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 bv prophet hred Between the living and the dead ; ' Who spills the foremost foeman's life, His party... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...well deserved : Can nought but blood our feud atone ! Are there no means !" — " No, Stranger, none! And hear, — to fire thy flagging zeal, — The Saxon...the living and the dead ; ' Who spills the foremost foeman 's life, His party conquers in the strife.' "' — " Then, by my word," the Saxon said, " The... | |
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