 | Duncan George Forbes Macdonald - 1883 - 228 pages
...SCOTCH SCENERY. 171 that produces the charm of what is rightly called the noblest of British sports. Magnificent creature ! so stately and bright ! In the pride of thy spirit pursuing thy flight ; Hail, king of the wild, whom nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill-tops since the mists of the morn... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - 1884 - 430 pages
...glorious destinies. John Wilson. ADDRESS TO A WILD DEER. MAGNIFICENT creature ! so stately and bright I In the pride of thy spirit pursuing thy flight; For...desert to dread, Wafting up his own mountains that far beaming head; Or borne like a whirlwind down on the vale I Hail ! king of the wild and the beautiful... | |
 | John Veitch - 1887 - 388 pages
...portrayed, like a thing of ethereal, idealised life, that they cannot be severed in quotation : — " Magnificent Creature ! so stately and bright ! In...King of the wild and the beautiful ! — hail! Hail ! Idol divine ! — whom Nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill-tops since the mists of the morn, Whom... | |
 | John Wilson - 1896 - 576 pages
...sever, Yet shall thy image live for ever ! ADDRESS TO A WILD DEER IN THE FOREST OP DALNESS, ARGYLLSHIRE. MAGNIFICENT Creature ! so stately and bright ! In...head ; Or borne like a whirlwind down on the vale 1 — Hail ! King of the wild and the beautiful ! — hail ! Hail ! Idol divine ! — whom Nature hath... | |
 | 1900 - 724 pages
...left for Michigan, or about 1830." She then repeated a very considerable portion of it, beginning with "Magnificent creature, so stately and bright. In the...the child of the desert to dread? Wafting up his own mountain, that far beaming head, Or, borne like a whirlwind, far down in the vale, Hail! King of the... | |
 | 1900 - 726 pages
...repeated a very considerable portion of it, beginning with "Magnificent creature, so stately and brighr In the pride of thy spirit pursuing thy flight, For...the child of the desert to dread? Wafting up his own mountain, that far beaming head, Or, borne like a whirlwind, far down in the vale, Hail! King of the... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1906 - 474 pages
...Where to the eye of faith it peaceful lies, And tells to man his glorious destinies. TO A WILD DEER Magnificent creature ! so stately and bright ! In...king of the wild and the beautiful ! — hail ! Hail ! idol divine ! whom nature hath borne O'er a hundred hilltops since the mists of the morn — Whom... | |
 | 1826 - 504 pages
...among our prose ; we mean Profeshound, surnamed the Throttler, sor Wilson. ADDRESS TO A WILD DEER. MAGNIFICENT Creature ! so stately and bright ! , In...Hail ! King of the wild and the beautiful ! — hail 1 ' • Hail ! Idol divine ! whom Nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill-tops since the mists of the... | |
 | 1826 - 456 pages
...1'rofcshound, suroamed the Throttler, sor Wilson. ADDRESS TO A WILD DEEK. • MAGNIFICENT Creature I so stately and bright ! In the pride of thy spirit...head ; Or borne like a whirlwind down on the vale? — — Hiil ! King of the wild and the beautiful ! — hail ! Hail ! Idol divine ! whom Nature hath... | |
 | Tresham Gilbey - 1878 - 462 pages
...in grave conclave under the greenwood tree. AMPHION. MEMOIR OF THE REV. JOHN RUSSELL. CHAPTER XII. ' Magnificent creature ! so stately and bright! In the...the desert to dread, Wafting up his own mountains the far-beaming head; Or borne like a whirlwind down on the vale ! Hail! king of the wild and the beautiful—hail... | |
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MAGNIFICENT Creature ! so stately and bright ! In the pride of thy spirit pursuing thy flight ; For what hath the child of the desert to dread, Wafting up his own mountains that far-beaming head ; Or borne like a whirlwind down on the vale ? — Hail... 
