Legends of Galloway: Being a Series of Traditions, Illustrative of Its Ancient History, Customs, Manners, and Superstitions |
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Page 39 - IN joyous youth, what soul hath never known Thought, feeling, taste, harmonious to its own ? Who hath not paused while Beauty's pensive eye Asked from his heart the homage of a sigh ? Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name...
Page 49 - The border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered 'mid the foes.
Page 192 - Now the storm begins to lower, (Haste, the loom of Hell prepare,) Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darken'd air.
Page 273 - GREEN FLODDEN ! on thy blood-stain'd head Descend no rain nor vernal dew ; But still, thou charnel of the dead, May whitening bones thy surface strew ! Soon as I tread thy rush-clad vale, Wild fancy feels the clasping mail ; The rancour of a thousand years Glows in my breast ; again I burn To see the banner'd pomp of war return, And mark, beneath the moon, the silver light of spears.
Page 134 - The auld man went down, but Nicol, his son, Ran away afore the fight was begun ; And he run, and he run, And afore they were done, There was many a Featherston gat sic a stun, As never was seen since the world begun. I canno tell a', I canno tell a ' ; Some gat a skelp,* and some gat a claw; But they gar'd the Featherstons haud their jaw,f— Nicol, and Alick, and a. ' Some gat a hurt, and some gat nane; Some had harness, and some gat sta'en.J Ane gat a twist o...
Page 11 - Stewart, some one of the monks in the 10th century, who left writings, states, " The next great family are the Kerlies, of Cruggleton, who, being brave warriors, stood boldly up for the independence of their country under Wallace, and it was one of their forefathers who, at a place called Dunmoir in Carrick, was particularly instrumental in giving the Danes a notable overthrow, and took Eric, the son of Swain, prisoner, for which service the king gave bim lands in Carrick.
Page 130 - Mortimer is coming to the wedding," said Brassey, in a tone which implied his knowledge of the fact, although he was merely fishing. " So I hear," said Jacob; " and of course his wife. I would rather she was coming by herself." " I hear, sir," said Brassey, " that Mrs. M. is in the way which ladies wish to be who love their lords." „ " What way is that ?" said Jacob: " hang me, if I believe any ladies love their lords nowa-days; but Mortimer isn'ta lord." " No," said Brimmer; " what I said is a...
Page 21 - Stung with rage and shame at being thus foiled, where he did not expect even resistance, he vowed vengeance; — nor was it long protracted; for, watching his opportunity, he appeared so suddenly before the castle, with a strong force, that those within were taken quite unprepared. What they could do they did : They secured the gates, 'or rather doors, for it .never could : have been a place cflpable of making much resistance.
Page 22 - Their arrangements having been finally made, Graeme observed, that they might as well part friends ; and advancing to the grated window, in the centre of the door through which...
Page 175 - But hark ! I'll tell ye o' a plot, Though dinna ye be speakin' o't; I'll nail the self-conceited Scot As dead's a herrin'!