 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pages
...the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age : Fierce he broke forth — " And darest thon then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall? And hopest thou hence unscathed to go ? — No, by Saint Bride of Bothwell, no I Up drawbridge, grooms... | |
 | Alexander Harvey - 1856 - 278 pages
...consideration of which I shall proceed in my next letter. — I am. &c. LETTER XVI. " And darest thou then To beard the Lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall ?" SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart. May 28, 1855. MY DEAR SONS, 1. My last was an affair of outposts. We have... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 350 pages
...his sufferance be, by .. Christian .. example ? — Why, revenge! Force. 1. And dar'st thou, then, To beard the lion in his den, — The Douglas in his...groom ! What! warder, ho! Let the portcullis fall! 2. Awake ! Awake! King the alarum bell: murder and treason ! Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm ! Awake... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age; Fierce he broke forth:— "And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall...And hop'st thou hence unscathed to go ? — No, by Saint Bryde of Bothwell, no! — Up draw-bridge, grooms! What, warder, ho! Let the portcullis fall!"... | |
 | Walter Scott - Poetry, English - 1857 - 428 pages
...the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age : Fierce he broke forth, — "And darest thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall ? And hopest thou hence unscathed to go ? — No, by Saint Bride of Bothwell, no ! Up drawbridge, grooms... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 364 pages
...the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age : Fierce he broke forth : — 'And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall 1 And hop'st thou hence unscathed to go ? — No, by Saint Bryde of Bothwell, no ! — Up drawbridge,... | |
 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - Australasia - 1857 - 298 pages
...warning : and to talk ol * handeuffs ' to a Maori chief in the heart of his native wilds, was, indeed, ' To beard the lion in his den — The Douglas in his hall !' a piece of arrogance that deserved correction — but not a cruel death. Again, the dispositions... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1860 - 656 pages
...cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age: Fierce he broke forth;— "And dar'st ttou tnen To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall? And hop'st thou hence unscathed to go?— No, by Saint Bryde of Bothwell, no!— Up drawbridge, grooms — what, Warder, hot Let the portcullis fall."—... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...Siren, till she degrades us into brutes." (R. fa L. s.) Bold commencement. — " And dar'st thou, then, To beard the lion in his den, — The Douglas in his hall ?" (R. fas) At the opening of a new paragraph, or the commencement of a new branch of a subject, or... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age. Fierce he broke forth: "And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall...No! by St. Bride of Bothwell, no! Up draw-bridge, grooms ! what, warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall." Lord Marmion turned, — well was his need, —... | |
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I tell thee, thou'rt defied! And if thou saidst I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied... 
