 Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.' One touch to her hand and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle...  The modern reader and speaker - Page 311by David Charles Bell - 1879 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1808 - 416 pages
...threw down the cup. She looked down to blush, and she looked np to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere...are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur ; They'll have fleej steeds that follow,' quoth young Lochinvar. There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby... | |
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." f One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When...There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 494 pages
...word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ¡ So light to the croup the fair lady he swung ! So light to the saddle before...!" quoth young Lochinvar. There was mounting 'mong Grames of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and M usgraves, they rode and they ran ; There was... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; R2 While her mother did fret, and her father did fume,...There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 320 pages
...bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young LochOne touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they...There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : r There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...cousin with young LochOne touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall door and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe...is won ! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur, Lochinvar. They'll have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young There was mounting 'mong Graemes of... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before...They'll have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young LOCHINTAR. There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; R 2 While her mother did fret, and her father did fume,...Lochinvar. There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the jNetherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they i au : There was racing, and... | |
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light...There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran: There was racing and chasing, on Cannobie... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1820 - 958 pages
...her mother could bar,— " Now tread we a measure !" said young Lochinvar. So So stately his forinr and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard...There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran ; There was racing and chasing, on Cannobie... | |
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