Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her ? In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying ; Eleu loro There shall he be lying. Marmion - Page 129by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821Full view - About this book
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1878 - 268 pages
...A lady's voice was in his ear, And that the priest he could not hear, For that she ever sung, • " In the lost battle, borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle with groans of the dying ! " So the notes rung. — Scott. 5. Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 398 pages
...the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, liuin, and leave her? In the lost battle, Borne down Uy the flying, Where mingles war's rattle. With groans of the dying. CHORUS. Eleu loro, <fcc. There shall he be lying. Her wing shall the eagle flap O'er the false-hearted ; His warm blood... | |
| English poetry - 1869 - 328 pages
...near, 75 A lady's voice was in his ear, And that the priest he could not hear, For that she ever sung, "In the lost battle, borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle with groans of the dying!" So the notes rung. " Avoid thee, Fiend — with cruel hand, Shake not the dying sinner's sand ! O look,... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
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| William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
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| Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
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| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 530 pages
...A lady's voice was in his ear, And that the priest he could not hear ; For that she ever sung, '/» the lost battle, borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle -with groans of the dying!' So the notes rung ; 'Avoid thee, Fiend ! — -with cruel hand, Shake not the dying sinner's sand !... | |
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...A lady's voice was in his ear, And that the priest he could not hear ; For that she ever sung, '/« the lost battle, borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle with groans of the dying!' So the notes rung ; 'Avoid thee, Fiend ! — with cruel hand, Shake not the dying sinner's sand ! —... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...Parted for ever, Never again to wake, Never, O never. Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her...Where mingles war's rattle, With groans of the dying. Her wings shall the eagle flap O'er the false-hearted ; His warm blood the wolf shall lap, Ere life... | |
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