 But still as wilder blew the wind And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. ' O haste thee, haste ! ' the lady cries, 'Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry...  Classics Old and New: A Series of School Readers - Page 200by Edwin Anderson Alderman - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 pages
...danger shall not tarry; 131 So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry. — By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking;' And in the scowl of heav'n each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 414 pages
...bird In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking, And in the scowl of heav'n each face Grew dark, as they were speaking. " Oh ! haste thee, haste ;" the lady cries, " Though... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...danger shall not tarry; ' So, though the waves are raging white, ' I'll row you o'er the ferry.'— By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ;* And in the scowl of heav'n each face Grew dark as they were speaking. 9 The evil spirit of the waters. But still as wilder... | |
 | 1811 - 462 pages
...danger shall uot tarry , 'So, though the waves arc raging white, ' I'll row yon o'er the ferry.*— " By this the storm grew loud apace, "The water-wraith was shrieking; " And in the scowl of heav'n each face "Grew dark as they were speaking, " But still .as wilder blew the wind, " And as the... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...In danger shall not tarry : " So, tho' the waves are raging white, " I'll row you o'er the ferry !" By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ; * And in the scowle of heaven, each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And... | |
 | 1813 - 410 pages
...bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'|l row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...rode armed men,— Their trampling sounded nearer. "O, haste thee, haste," the lady cries, "Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the... | |
 | 1817 - 292 pages
...highland sterility, and bare rocks, which we had eft behind us ; but here again — —the water wraith was shrieking, And, in the scowl of heaven, each face Grew dark as ice were speaking.* The road to Stirling winded serpentinely round the town, so that we had it always... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...bird In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace. The water-wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of hcav'n each face Crew dark as they were speaking. But still as. wilder blew the wind, And as the night... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...ferry.'— By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking i* And in the scowl of heav'n each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder hlew the wind, And as the nrght grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...especially, all the characteristics of his powerful genius. The single stanza, By this the storm grew Mud apace, The water-Wraith was shrieking ; And In the...heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. Is worth a Volume of the singsong stuff that Is frequently obtruded upoh the world, and praised too,... | |
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