 The heath this night must be my bed, The bracken curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's tread. Far, far from love and thee, Mary; To-morrow eve, more stilly laid, My couch may be my bloody plaid, My vesper song, thy wail, sweet maid ! It will not...  The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ... - Page 7051812Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...field returning, With war's red honours on his crest, To clasp his Mary to his breast. Stung by such thoughts, o'er bank and brae, Like fire from flint...resolve, and feeling strong, Burst into voluntary song. XXIII. The heath this night must be my bed, The bracken* curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...field returning, With war's red honours on his crest, To clasp his Mary to his breast. Stung by such thoughts, o'er bank and brae, Like fire from flint...resolve, and feeling strong, Burst into voluntary song. The heath this night must be my bed, The bracken* curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's tread,... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...blackguard. In this soup the traits of their favourite bard will be easily recognised by tie THE HEATH. THE heath this night must be my bed. The bracken curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's tread, Far, far from love and thee, Mary ; To-morrow eve, more stilly laid, My couch may be my bloody... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...hononrs on his crest, To clasp his Mary to his hreast. Stung hy such thoughts, o'er hank and hrae, Like fire from flint he glanced away, While high resolve, and feeling strong, Burst into voluntary song. XXIII. SONG. The heath this night must he my hed, The hracken* curtain for my head, My lullahy the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 pages
...field returning, With war's red honours on his crest, To clasp his Mary to his breast. Stung by such thoughts, o'er bank and brae, Like fire from flint...resolve, and feeling strong, Burst into voluntary song. XXXIII. The heath this night must be my bed, The bracken* curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...The hunter left the stag at bay; Prompt at the signal of alarms, Each son of Alpine rushed to arms. SONG. The heath this night must be my bed, The bracken curtain for my head, My lullaby, the warder's tread, Far, far, from love and thee, Mary; R To-morrow eve, more stilly laid, My couch may be my bloody... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1825 - 1096 pages
...field returning, With war's red honours on his crest, To claep his Mary to his breast. Stung by such thoughts, o'er bank and brae, Like fire from flint...bracken curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's tread, Far, far, from love and thee, Mary ! To-morrow eve, more stilly laid, My couch may be my bloody... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...from flint he glanced away, While high resolve, and feeling strong Burst into voluntary song. XXIII. SONG. The heath this night must be my bed, The bracken* curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's tread, Far, far from love and thee, Mary ! To-morrow eve, more stilly laid, My couch may be my bloody... | |
 | Books - 1831 - 798 pages
...dit allezins opmerkelijk zamentreffen l WALTER SCOTT'S Ladj of the Lake, Canto 3. Song. The heat h this night must be my bed, The bracken curtain for my head, My lullaby the var der" s tread, Far, f ar , from love and thee , Mary; To-morrow eve , more ftilly laid', My couch... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 280 pages
...field returning, With war's red honours on his crest, To clasp his Mary to his breast. Stung by such thoughts, o'er bank and brae, Like fire from flint...glanced away, While high resolve, and feeling strong, Burst.into voluntary song. XXIII. SONG. The heath this night must be my bed The bracken* curtain for... | |
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