Who shunned to stem the flooded Teith, For twice that day from shore to shore The gallant stag swam stoutly o'er. Few were the stragglers, following far, That reached the lake of Vennachar ; And when the Brigg of Turk was won, The headmost horseman rode... Handbook for Travellers in Scotland - Seite 194von John Murray (publishers.) - 1867Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 Seiten
...Benledi's ridge in air ; Who flagged upon Bochastle's heath, Who shunned to stem the flooded Teith, — For twice, that day, from shore to shore, The gallant...of Turk was won, The headmost Horseman rode alone. • VII. Alone, but with unbated zeal, That horseman plied the scourge and steel ; For, jaded now,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 Seiten
...Benledi's ridge in air ; Who flagged upon Bochastle's heath, Who shunned to stem the flooded Teith, — For twice, that day, from shore to shore, The gallant...following far, That reached the lake of Vennachar ; VI. And when the Brigg of Turk was won, The headmost Horseman rode alone. VII. Alone, but with unbated... | |
| Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 Seiten
...topographical accuracy is equal to the picturesque description. The huntsmen drop the pursuit in succession, " And when the brigg of Turk was won, The headmost horseman rode alone." His two bloodhounds drive the •' stalwart stag" up to the western VOL. iv. 2 R boundary of Loch-Katrine;... | |
| Stirling town - 1812 - 328 Seiten
...different rivers, meandering through a meadow of great extent and fertility, where Mr. Scott says • f " Twice that day from shore to shore,* . The gallant stag swam stoutly o'er ; And when the bridge of Turk was won, - The headmost horseman rode alone." THE banks are fringed with... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 Seiten
...Benledi's ridge in air; Who flagged upon Bochastle's heath, Who shunned to stem the flooded Teith, For twice, that day, from shore to shore, The gallant...of Turk was won, The headmost horseman rode alone. VII. Alone, hut with unhated zeal, That horseman plied the scourge and steel ; For, jaded now, and... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 Seiten
...Benledi's ridge in air; Who flagg'd upon Bochastle's heath, Who shunn'd to stem the flooded Teith,— For twice, that day, from shore to shore, The gallant...o'er. Few were the stragglers, following far, That reach'd the lake of Vennachar; And when the Brigg of Turk was won, The headmost Horseman rode alone.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 Seiten
...Benledi's ridge in air ; Who flagg'd upon Bochastle's heath, Who -shuun'd to stem the flooded Teith, — For twice that day, from shore to shore, The gallant...o'er. Few were the stragglers, following far, That reach'd the lake of Vennachar ; And when the Brigg of Turk was won, The headmost Horseman rode alone.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 Seiten
...Benlcdi's ridge in air; Who flagg'd upon Bochastlc's heath, Who shunn'd to stem the flooded Teith, — For twice, that day, from shore to shore, The gallant...swam stoutly o'er. Few were the stragglers, following for, That reach'd the lake of Vennachar; And when ihe Brigg of Turk was wont The headmost horseman... | |
| 1848 - 700 Seiten
...Wytham Wood, then bearing to the left for Wytham Mill again dashed over the river Thames — " Which twice that day, from shore to shore, The gallant stag swam stoutly o'er ;" where, the floods being out very much, the disappointed hunters, after gazing wistfully over the... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 Seiten
...Benledi's ridge in air; Who flagged upon Bochastlc's heath, Who shunned to stem the flooded Teith, For twice, that day, from shore to shore, The gallant...of Turk was won, The headmost horseman rode alone. VII. Alone, but with unbated zeal, That horseman plied the scourge and steel; For jaded now, and spent... | |
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