 Some of his skill he taught to me; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone.  St. Clyde - Page 131de St. Clyde (fict.name.) - 1816Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 pages
...in Notre Darnel Some of his skill he taught to me; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words, that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stoise? But to speak them were a deadly sin; And for having but thought them my heast wifchsm, A treble... | |
 | Edward Bradley - 1863 - 460 pages
...erected into a species of showman's altar, and does duty for the effigy of Michael Scott, the wizard — he who cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone — though legendary lore is by no means unanimous on this point ; one version ascribing the deed to... | |
 | Cuthbert Bede - 1863 - 458 pages
...erected into a species of showman's altar, and does duty for the effigy of Michael Scott, the wizard — he who cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone — though legendary lore is by no means unanimous on this point ; one version ascribing the deed to... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 pages
...spring, usually cut in a fantastic face, or mask. And, Warrior, I conld say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : Bat to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance... | |
 | Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell - 1866 - 356 pages
...traditionally asserted to have set to task his clamorous familiar, and through its agency " Cleft the Eildon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone." Thomas of Ercildoun, also (the Ehymer as he was called), spun his boding octosyllabics within a horn's... | |
 | Robert Liddell (hon.) - 1867 - 352 pages
...Recorded in the " minstrel's lay," Who, if alive, " could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon's hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone," But a more recent wizard— one Who at the present day is known As keeper of the late Lord John, The... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 454 pages
...I Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildou hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone ; But to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 398 pages
...Dame. Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, Warrior, I could say to thec The words that cleft Elldon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone ! Jint to speak them were a deadly sin, And for having but thought them my hearl within, A treble penance... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...in Kotre-Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon Hills in three. And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : But to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 486 pages
...in Notre Dame I Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone ; But to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance... | |
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