 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
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 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...mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Fosters, Fen wicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran; There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie Lea, But... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1833 - 386 pages
...Marmion, Canto VJ 2 [" 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 to the croupe...before her he sprung! ' She is won ! we are gone, over hank, bush, and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,' quoth young Lochinvar." Ibid.1 ' Johnstone... | |
 | Edward Cheney - 1835 - 928 pages
...my friend; but I start, like a guilty thing, from my own shadow. I wish it were over!" CHAPTER XVII. So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So...are gone over bank, bush, and scaur— They'll have swift steeds that follow!" quoth young Lochinvar. WALTER SCOTT. THE purpose of Marco Valmaraua's early... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 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...they ran : There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er. did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war,... | |
 | Garland - English poetry - 1836 - 246 pages
...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 to the croupe...and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow 1" quoth young Lochinvar. There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Feuwicks,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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...they ran; There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war,... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 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...is won ! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur, They '11 have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young Lochiuvar. There was mounting 'mong Graemes of... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...fair cousin with young Lochinvar !" One touch to her hand, and one word in her car, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light...before her he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone, over bush, loch, and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young Lochinvar. There was mounting... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 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...before her he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone, over bush, loch, and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young Lochinvar. There was mounting... | |
 | Gething - 1838 - 426 pages
...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...he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone, over bank, busb, and scaur ; "They'll have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young Lochinvar. There was mounting... | |
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