The avenged bride; a tale of the glens [in verse] with notes, historical and descriptive of the northern coast of the county of AntrimHodgson, 1833 |
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... striven To grasp at fruit so far beyond my powers ; And , doomed their heavy punishment to bear , That bitter thought of never entering there . VIII . Besides , I have to cope with mighty 4 [ CANTO I. THE AVENGED BRIDE .
... striven To grasp at fruit so far beyond my powers ; And , doomed their heavy punishment to bear , That bitter thought of never entering there . VIII . Besides , I have to cope with mighty 4 [ CANTO I. THE AVENGED BRIDE .
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... thought how near an end That peace ( to him no pleasure ) hourly grew , For while his plans revolv'd within his breast , The anxious mother thus her son address'd : XXIX . " I've mark'd , my son , the anguish of thy mind , Thy wonted ...
... thought how near an end That peace ( to him no pleasure ) hourly grew , For while his plans revolv'd within his breast , The anxious mother thus her son address'd : XXIX . " I've mark'd , my son , the anguish of thy mind , Thy wonted ...
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... and direct , Nor loom nor organ 15 once he thought upon , But watch'd , in silence , how the vessel flew Past rock and headland - then look'd out for new . LX . Close on their starboard bow , see Pleaskin 30 [ CANTO I. THE AVENGED BRIDE .
... and direct , Nor loom nor organ 15 once he thought upon , But watch'd , in silence , how the vessel flew Past rock and headland - then look'd out for new . LX . Close on their starboard bow , see Pleaskin 30 [ CANTO I. THE AVENGED BRIDE .
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... thought , her brightest promise gave : But now the slippery dame had gone astray— Hope in the sear seem'd drooping to her grave ; But while his prospects Doubt enwrapt in mist , Some little bird sung in his ear - Persist ! XXXIII But ...
... thought , her brightest promise gave : But now the slippery dame had gone astray— Hope in the sear seem'd drooping to her grave ; But while his prospects Doubt enwrapt in mist , Some little bird sung in his ear - Persist ! XXXIII But ...
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... , and desolate- He it had beat for , or in weal or wo , On whom its every thought alone was plac'd , Was gone - and all within was wild and waste . IV . Down on her couch in bitter grief she 64 [ CANTO III . THE AVENGED BRIDE .
... , and desolate- He it had beat for , or in weal or wo , On whom its every thought alone was plac'd , Was gone - and all within was wild and waste . IV . Down on her couch in bitter grief she 64 [ CANTO III . THE AVENGED BRIDE .
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Abraham Adelia Alexander Macaulay Allan Angus arms Ballycastle basaltic battle battle of Aura battle of Harlaw beautiful bosom brave bright Bruce called Cantire castle Causeway cheer chief clan clan Donald coast Coll Colonel Gillespie County of Antrim Cushendall Cushendun dark deadly death deep descended destruction Donald dread Dunluce Dunluce castle e'en fate fearful feel feet fell Fergus fierce Fionn fire fled flew flies flung foaming foes friends galloglogh Giant's Causeway glen Glenarriff Glendun grandeur hand heart Heaven Highland hope Ireland Irish Islay Isles John John Moir King land Lord of Argyle loud Lough Neagh M'Quillan Macdonald Macquillan mighty monarch mountain night NOTES TO CANTO nought o'er O'Neill Ossian pillars porphyry possession Prince rage Ranald reign rise river rock rush'd scene Scotland Scots Scottish seem'd soldiers Somerlett soul STANZA stood succeeded thee thou unto vale Vellore vengeance whin-dyke wild
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Page 220 - Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 219 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 219 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 221 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
Page 221 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 220 - And they came to the place which God had told him of, and Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac, his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 179 - ... such unwieldy vessels, yielded to the fury of the storm, and allowed their ships to drive either on the western isles of Scotland, or on the coast of Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not a half of the navy returned to Spain ; and the seamen as well as soldiers who remained were so overcome with hardships and fatigue, and so dispirited by their discomfiture, that they filled all Spain with accounts of the desperate...
Page 238 - Campbell's sincerity: nevertheless the two young men went forth privately to make further observations. They overheard the common soldiers say they liked not the work; that though they would have willingly fought the Macdonalds of the glen fairly in the field, they held it base to murder them in cool blood, but that their officers were answerable for the treachery. When the youths hasted back to...
Page 220 - And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Page 180 - Ireland, where they were miserably wrecked. Not a half of the navy returned to Spain ; and the seamen as well as soldiers who remained were so overcome with hardships and fatigue, and so dispirited by their discomfiture, that they filled all Spain with accounts of the desperate valour of the English, and of the tempestuous violence of that ocean which surrounds them.