 But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. "O haste thee, haste!" the lady cries, "Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry...  A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch - Pagina 287di Charles Mackay - 1888 - 398 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1813 - 410 pagine
...are raging white, I'|l row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking; And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still, as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, . Adown the glen rode armed men,—... | |
 | 1817 - 292 pagine
...highland sterility, and bare rocks, which we had eft behind us ; but here again — —the water wraith was shrieking, And, in the scowl of heaven, each face Grew dark as ice were speaking.* The road to Stirling winded serpentinely round the town, so that we had it always... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pagine
...thf a silver poutul 7b rvtf t/s etr the fr/ -rt : By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pagine
...waves are raging white, I'll row ye o'er the ferry. By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking; And in the scowl of heaven, each face Grew dark as they were speaking: But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their... | |
 | John Barclay (of Calcots.) - 1826 - 184 pagine
...from London to Portsmouth, in the Buchan Dialect. By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. Campbell. Red came the river down, and loud and oft The angry spirit of the water shriek'd. Douglas,... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pagine
...raging white— I'll row you o'er the ferry !" By this, the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking, And, in the scowl of heaven, each face Grew dark as they were speaking. z 2 But still as wilder blew the wind, < •••~.. And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pagine
...raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry.' — By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking, And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pagine
...are .raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry. By this the storm grew loud apace ; The water-wraith was shrieking; And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still, as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed mm ; Their... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 258 pagine
...'11 row you o'er the ferry.' — By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ;a And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. » The evil spirit of the waters. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pagine
...are raging white, I *ll row you o'er the ferry.« By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking;' And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But «till as wilder blew the wind, And a* the night grew drearer, Ad own the glen rode armed men,... | |
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