Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more ! His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved... Poems and Ballads - Page 28by John Leyden, Walter Scott - 1858 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Scott - 1815 - 498 pages
...Ronald's call obey, And Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more...distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! XII. Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea. Lest, rounding wild Cantire,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1815 - 466 pages
...Ronald's call obey, And Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more...distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! XII. Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea. Lest, rounding wild Cantire,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1815 - 460 pages
...And Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Cblonsay ; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more ! His bright...distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! XII. Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea. Lest, rounding wild Cantire,... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1815 - 572 pages
...— Scenes sung by him wlto sings no more ! Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay; His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains; * ' Tortured" shore is a catachresis of no trifling magnitude: but it would be vain to attempt a specification... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 338 pages
...him who sings no more ! His hright and hrief career is o'er, And mnte his tnnefnl strains ; Qnenched is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to ponr, A distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN's cold remains ! XII. Ever the hreeze hlows merrily,... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1818 - 500 pages
...Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colousay ; — Set1 net sung by him who sings no mure ! His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ' Quench 'd is bis lampof varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour j A distant and a deadly... | |
| John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 906 pages
...brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That lov'd the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains !" NOTE [G.] PAGE Ixxii. That he was not unconscious of the peculiarities of his own character is evinced... | |
| John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 528 pages
...brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That lov'd the light of song to pour; ' A distant and a deadly shore Has Ley den's cold remains !" NOTE [G.] PAGE Ixxli. That he was not unconscious of the peculiarities of... | |
| 1819 - 614 pages
...indefatigable ambition pointed — then, alas! in one dark hour, to use the language of his illustrious friend, His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore That loved the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 314 pages
...Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; —Scenes sung by him who sings no more I His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his...distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! XII. Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea. Lest, rounding wild Cantire,... | |
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