 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 pages
...loud to blaw ; But 'twas wind and weet, and fire and sleet, When we came beneath the castle wa'. 193 We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed...has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead — " Had there not been peace between our land, " Upon the other side thou hadst... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 534 pages
...they should stamp and nie. And when we left the Staneshaw-bank, The wind began full loud to blaw ; We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed...has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead— " Had there not been peace between our land, " Upon the other side thou hadst... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...they should stamp and nie. And when we left the Staneshaw-bank, The wind began full loud to blaw ; We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed...has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead — " Had there not been peace between our 1;U»!, " Upon the other side thou hadst... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 532 pages
...full loud to blaw ; But 'twas wind and weet, and fire and sleet> When we came beneath the castle wa'. We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa'; And sac ready was Buccleuch himsell To mount the first, before us a'. He has ta'en the watchman by the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 430 pages
...full loud to blaw ; But 'twas wind and weet, and fire and sleet, When we cam beneath the castle wa'. We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed...lead : " Had there not been peace between our land, Upon the other side he had gaed ! * Dryhope is a farm, but was formerly a distinct property, in Yarrow,... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 432 pages
...full loud to blaw ; But 'twas wind and weet, and fire and sleet, When we cam beneath the castle wa'. We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed...ladders against the wa' ; And sae ready was Buccleuch Iilrascll To mount the first before us a'. He has taen the watchman by the throat ; He flung him doun... | |
 | John Docwra Parry - Ballads, English - 1829 - 460 pages
...full loud to blaw ; But 'twas wind and weet, and fire and sleet, When we came beneath the castle wa'. We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa' ; And so ready was Buccleuch himsell, To mount the first before us a". He has taken the watchman by the throat,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...«flying) uleetl") •• The name of« Border им. " Slear— Sur. t: So/i-LJfl.t IS Ftey«d-Friclilened. We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa' ; And sac ready was Buccleuch nimsell To mount the first before us a'. He has ta'en the watchman by the throat,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...full loud to blaw ; But 'twas wind and weet, and lire and sleet,4 When we came beneath the castle wa". We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed...ladders against the wa'; And sae ready was Buccleuch uimsell To mount the first before us a'. He has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...U [Query— "Brand (flying) alert !"] * Tlie name of a Bonier tuno. »« Sreo II . II Salt— Lufat We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa' j And sac ready was Buccleuch nimsell To mount the first before us a'. He has ta'en the watchman by... | |
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To mount the first before us a'. He has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead — "Had there not been peace between our lands, Upon the other side thou hadst gaed ! "Now sound out, trumpets!" quo' Buccleuch; "Let's waken Lord... 
