 But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide, And all too late the advantage came, To turn the odds of deadly game : For, while the dagger gleamed on high, Reeled soul and sense, reeled brain and eye. Down came the blow ! but in...  The Lady of the Lake: A Poem - Page 197by Walter Scott - 1873 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1810 - 702 pages
...descent. Pause for a moment: " But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhaiuted tide; Down came the blow! but in the heath The erring blade found bloodless sheath." Here is the cause of the misadventure stated, to which the mind cordially assents, and we wonder why... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...hand he drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright!-! — — But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's...deadly game ; For, while the dagger gleam'd on high, Reeled soul and sense, reeled brain and eye. Down came the blow ! but in the heath The erring blade... | |
 | 1810 - 1018 pages
...bright !— • — But hate, and fury ill-supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide, And ¡ill too late the advantage came, To turn the odds of deadly game ; For, while the dagger gleam'd on high, Reeled soul and sense, reeled brain and ejc, Down-came the blow ! but in the heath • The erring blade... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...brow his hand he drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleamed aloft his dagger bright ! But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide, And all too late th' advantage came, To turn the odds of deadly game ; For, while the dagger gleamed on high, Reeled... | |
 | 1811 - 868 pages
...rum blood und mist to clear his sight. Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ! — — But hate und fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide....deadly game ; For, while the dagger gleam'd on high, Reeled soul and sense, reeled brain and eye: Down came the blow ! hut in the heath The erring blade... | |
 | 1811 - 872 pages
...deadly game ; /or, while the dagger gleam'd on high, Heeled soul and sense, reeled brain und eye: Uma came the blow ! but in the heath The erring blade found bloodless sheath. The struggling fue muy now unclasp Tbe fainting chiefs relaxing grasp ; . Unbounded frum the dreadful close, Bat breathless... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...hand he drew, From hlood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleamed aloft his dagger hright ! — — But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide, And all too late the advantage caniCj To turn the odds of deadly game ; For while the dagger gleamed on high, 'Reeled soul and sense,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...game ; SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS. Гог while ihn dagger gleam'd on high, Reel'd soul and seuse, n'el'd brain and eye. - Down came the blow; but in the heath...erring blade found bloodless sheath. The struggling fue may now unclasp The fainting chiefs relaxing grasp; Uuwounded from the dreadful close, But breathless... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...his hand he drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger hrighl! — But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide, And all too late the ad vantage came, SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS. For while the dagger gleam d on high. Reel d soul and MOW,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1838 - 268 pages
...he drew, From hlood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger hright ! — — liut hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted...deadly game ; For, while the dagger gleam'd on high, Keeled soul and sense, reeled hrain and eye. Down came the hlow ! hut in the heath The erring hlade... | |
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