 | 1869 - 514 pages
...exclaims : " I little thought, when first thy rein I slaek'd upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs — my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, who worth the day, That costs thy life — my gallant grey !" The description, too, of Ellen's rustic... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 516 pages
...exclaims : " I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs — my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, who worth the day, That costs thy life — my gallant grey 1" The description, too, of Ellen's rustic... | |
 | Jane Anthony Eames - 1847 - 610 pages
...lament, " I little thought when first thy rein, I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ; Woe worth the chase ! woe worth the day 1 That cost thy life, my gallant grey ! " Soon after we got through the Trosachs, we came suddenly... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1850 - 466 pages
...of his French hunter in the Trosach glen, — " I little thought when first thy rein I elackoned on the banks of Seine, That Highland eagles e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed." Besides this goodly gift of choice horses from the royal ecurie of Paris, we are told that the King... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1852 - 444 pages
...of his French hunter in the Trosach glen,— " I little thought when first thy rein I slackened on the banks of Seine, That Highland eagles e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed." Besides this goodly gift of choice horses from the royal 1 Eneyc. Brit.—Hist. Scot. a Lindsay. Lesley.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pages
...horse. " I little thought, when first thy rein T slack'd upon the bunks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woo worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray 1" i See Appendii, Note B. « Ibid. Note C.... | |
 | Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - 1856 - 344 pages
...monody, " I little thought when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine That Highland Eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless...; Woe worth the chase— woe worth the day— That cost thy life — my gallant grey i" Slowly we moved onward, gazing upon scenery of engrossing interest,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1850 - 442 pages
...of his French hunter in the Trosach glen, — " I little thought when first thy rein I slackened on the banks of Seine, That Highland eagles e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed." Besides this goodly gift of choice horses from the royal ecurie of Paris, we are told that the King... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 pages
...— **I little thought, when first thy rein 1 slacked upon the banks of Seine, That highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs my matchless steed! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray I" — Then through the dell his horn resounds> Prom vain pursuit to... | |
 | Acrostics - 1866 - 280 pages
...then, my warder as the queen And ruler of this martial scene." 6. "I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland...should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed." 7. " Jo chante ce heros, qui regna sur la France, Et par droit de conquete, et par droit de naissance,... | |
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I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant grey ! 
