| James King Hewison - 1912 - 200 страници
...shortly before the exit of the Douglases in 1810, is dated also the disappearance of the wild ox — Mightiest of all the beasts of chase That roam in woody Caledon." Few districts can show such immense beeches as those which encircle the lonely churchyard of Dalgarnoclc,... | |
| Charles Sumner Olcott - 1913 - 578 страници
...hunt was arranged. Something of the spirit and fire of Scott's later work is seen in these lines : — Mightiest of all the beasts of chase That roam in...The Mountain Bull comes thundering on. Fierce on the hunter's quivered band He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns, with black hoof and horn, the sand... | |
| George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 страници
...thousand years have worn, 56 What sullen roar comes down the gale And drowns the hunter's pealing hum ? gain ! loud as before. The inmates of my cottage, all at rest, 5 Have left me to that solitude, w 60 The Mountain Bull comes thundering on. Fierce on the hunter's quiver 'd band He rolls his eyes of... | |
| Samuel Joseph Looker - 1922 - 278 страници
...gale, And drowns the hunter's pealing horn ? Mightiest of all the beasts of chase, That roam in wooded Caledon, Crashing the forest in his race, The Mountain Bull comes thundering on. Fierce on the hunter's quiver'd band, He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns, with black hoof and horn, the sand,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1923 - 824 страници
...copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain, For the hoarse bugle's warrior-sound Has roused their mountain haunts again. Through the...in his race, The Mountain Bull comes thundering on. • See Note 18. Fierce on the hunter's quivered band He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns with... | |
| 1893 - 688 страници
...copse the roebucks bound, The startled red deer scuds the plain, For the hoarse bugle's warrior-sound Has roused their mountain haunts again. Through the...The mountain bull comes thundering on. Fierce on the hunter's quivered hand He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns, with black hoof and horn, the sand,... | |
| 1897 - 628 страници
...in his fine ballad Cadzow Castle, is well worth quoting : — "Through the huge oaks of Evanclale, Whose limbs a thousand years have worn, What sullen...mountain bull comes thundering on. " Fierce, on the hunter's quiver'd band, He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns, with black hoof and horn, the sand,... | |
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