 Then it was truth," — he said — "I knew That the dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would spare me but a day ! For wasting fire, and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar stone,...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Sida 92efter Walter Scott - 1831 - 490 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 sidor
...dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would spare me but a day ! For wasting fire, and dying...on earth he sunk, Supported by the trembling Monk. * XXXIII. With fruitless labour, Clara bound, And strove to staunch, the gushing wound : .% The Monk,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 sidor
...belongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would spare me but a dav ! • • r" - . A . . • Poï wasting fire and dying groan, And priests slain on...brand ! — A sinful heart makes feeble hand."— p. 364, 365. Clara and a charitable priest now try in vain to sooth his last remorseless agonies :... | |
 | 1809 - 914 sidor
...fiend, to whom belongs For wasting fire and dying1 groan, And priests slain on the altar stone, Alight bribe him for delay. It may not be ! this dizzy trance...marauder's lance, And doubly cursed my failing brand !— Л sinful heart makes feeble liand." — p. 364, 365. Clara and a charitable priest now try in... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 sidor
...dark presage must be true.— 1 would the fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would spare me but a day ! For wasting fire, and dying...on earth he sunk, Supported by the trembling Monk. V. With fruitless labour, Clara bound, And strove to staunch, the gushing wound : The Monk, with unavailing... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 sidor
...truth!"—he said—" I knew I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs. Would spare me but a day ! For wasting fire, and dying...altar stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be!—this dizzy trance— Curse on yon base marauder's lance, And doubly cursed my failing brand !... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 sidor
...T— he said—" I knew " I would the Fiend, to whom belongs " The vengeance due to all her wrongs, " Would spare me but a day ! " For wasting fire, and...altar stone, " Might bribe him for delay. " It may not be!—this dizzy trance— " Curse on yon base marauder's lance, " And doubly cursed my failing brand... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 sidor
...Would spare me but a day! For, wasting lire, and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar-stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be ! — this...on earth he sunk, Supported by the trembling Monk. The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — Stanley ! was the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 sidor
...dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would spare me but a day ! For wasting fire, and dying...groan, And priests slain on the altar stone, Might hribe him for delay. It may not he ! — this dizzy trance — Curse on yon base marauder's lance,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 sidor
...! — this diny trance — Curse on you base marauder's lance. And doubly cursed my failing brand f A sinful heart makes feeble hand.» — Then, fainting,...trembling monk. XXXII. With fruitless labour, Clara bound, Aud strove to staunch, the gushing wound The monk, with unavailing cares, Exhausted all the church's... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 sidor
...Would spare me but a day ! For, wasting fire, and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar-'Stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be ! — this...on earth he sunk, Supported by the trembling Monk. The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, ' And — Stanley! was... | |
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