Tales of Terror and WonderHenry Morley G. Routledge and Sons, 1887 - 283 pages Imitations, translations, etc., including contributions by Scott, Southey, and Leyden. |
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ANGANTYR arms Ballad bell Blantyre blast blood bosom brave breast breath bride bright castle charms cold corse Count Albert courser cried curse damsel dark daughter dead death deep dost dread E'en eyes faint fair fair Janet fair lady father Fcap fear fell fiend flame gazed ghost gloom grave green Grim White Woman groan hall hand Hark HARRISON WEIR haste hear heard heart Hervor horror hush J. G. WOOD Janet King Jamie kiss knight lady light Little Grey Lord Albert Lord Ronald loud M. G. LEWIS maid maiden MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS midnight monks Mount Lebanon murmured ne'er o'er Osric pale proud ring round Sally Green shrieks sighed Sir Edric Sir Oluf soon soul spectre sprite steed sweet swift sword tale Tam Lin tears thee thine THOMAS ELLWOOD thou thrice tomb Twas Tyrfing voice WALTER SCOTT warrior wave wild Wildgrave wind wound young
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Page 215 - Then changed, I trow, was that bold baron's brow From the dark to the blood-red high ; ' Now, tell me the mien of the knight thou hast seen, For, by Mary, he shall die ! ' ' His arms shone full bright in the beacon's red light ; His plume it was scarlet and blue ; On his shield was a hound in a silver leash bound, And his crest was a branch of the yew.
Page 201 - Sight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present.
Page 124 - Behold me, thou false one, behold me !" he . cried ; " Remember Alonzo the Brave ! God grants that to punish thy falsehood and pride My ghost at thy marriage should sit by thy side — Should tax thee with perjury, claim thee as bride, And bear thee away to the grave.
Page 213 - And many a word that warlike lord Did speak to my lady there ; But the rain fell fast, and loud blew the blast, And I heard not what they were.
Page 123 - He dazzled her eyes; he bewildered her brain; He caught her affections so light and so vain, And carried her home as his spouse. And now had the marriage been blest by the priest; The revelry now was begun: The tables they groaned with the weight of the feast; Nor yet had the laughter and merriment ceased, When the bell of the castle tolled — "one!
Page 125 - Imogine suffers the pain of her crime, And mourns her deplorable doom. At midnight, four times in each year, does her sprite, When mortals in slumber are bound...
Page 228 - O'er moss and moor, and holt and hill, His track the steady blood-hounds trace; O'er moss and moor, unwearied still, The furious Earl pursues the chase. Full lowly did the herdsman fall; 'O spare, thou noble Baron, spare These herds, a widow's little all; These flocks, an orphan's fleecy care!
Page 212 - Buccleuch, His banner broad to rear ; He went not 'gainst the English yew, To lift the Scottish spear. Yet his plate-jack was braced, and his helmet was laced, And his vaunt-brace of proof he wore : At his saddle-gerthe was a good steel sperthe, Full ten pound weight and more. The Baron returned in three days...
Page 122 - said the youth, "since to-morrow I go To fight in a far distant land, . Your tears for my absence soon leaving to flow, Some other will court you, and you will bestow On a wealthier suitor your hand." "Oh! hush these suspicions," Fair Imogine said, "Offensive to love and to me!
Page 23 - A brother's murder! Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will: My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent; And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood...