 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 878 sider
...deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye ; and who, to use the expression of Collins, " heartless, oft, like moody madness, stare, To see the phantom train their secret work prepare." Still, however, the irresistible impulse of an undefined curiosity drove me on through this succession... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 548 sider
...witness things unmeet for mortal eye ; and who, to use the expression of Collins, — "heartless, ofl, like moody madness, stare, To see the phantom train their secret work prepare." Still, however, the irresistible impulse of an undefined curiosity drove me on through this succession... | |
 | William Collins - 1848 - 158 sider
...season, when the pasture is fine. And rosy health, shall soon lamented die. For them the viewless forms of air obey ; Their bidding heed, and at their beck...To see the phantom train their secret work prepare. * The fifth stanza, and the half of the sixth, in I)r. Carlyle's copy, printed in the first volume... | |
 | William Collins - 1848 - 156 sider
...perhaps, in lusty vigour seen, 95 And rosy health, shall soon lamented die. For them the viewless forms of air obey ; Their bidding heed, and at their beck...To see the phantom train their secret work prepare. * The fifth stanza, and the half of the sixth, in Ur. Carlyle's copy, printed in the first volume of... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 sider
...perhaps, in lusty vigour seen, And rosy health, shall soon lamented die. For them the viewless forms of air obey ; Their bidding heed, and at their beck...monarchs dear, some hundred miles astray, Oft have they seen Fate give the fatal blow ! The seer, in Sky, shrieked as the blood did flow, When headless... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray - 1852 - 332 sider
...perhaps, in lusty vigour seen, And rosy health, shall soon lamented die. For them the viewless forms of air obey, Their bidding heed, and at their beck...To see the phantom train their secret work prepare. V. * Or on some belaying rock that shades the deep, 'They view the lurid signs that cross the sky,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 sider
...perhaps, in lusty vigour seen, And rosy health, shall soon lamented die. For them tlie viewless forms of air obey ; Their bidding heed, and at their beck...day, And heartless, oft like moody madness, stare To sec the phantom train their secret work prepare. To monarchs dear.* some hundred miles astray, Oft... | |
 | 1853 - 638 sider
...astonished droop, \Vhen, o'er the wat'ry strath or quaggy moss. They sec the gliding ghosts embodied troop. They know what spirit brews the stormful day, And...see the phantom train their secret work prepare." • • which so often comes in the end despondency and madness. Indeed oпт author is on or close... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1853 - 464 sider
...introduced by tills motto from Collins, — " For them the »ifwless forms of air obey, Thrir bidding herd, and at their beck repair ; They know what spirit brews...stormful day, And heartless oft, like moody madness, sure Tu see the phantom-tram their secret work prepare." Sir Walter gives the tradition upon which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 664 sider
...deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye ; and who, to use the expression of Collins, heartless, oft, like moody madness, stare, To see the phantom train their secret work prepare. Still, however, the irresistible impulse of an undefined curiosity drove me on through this succession... | |
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They see the gliding ghosts unbodied troop. Or, if in sports, or on the festive green, Their destined glance some fated youth descry, Who now, perhaps, in lusty vigour seen, And rosy health, shall soon lamented die. For them the viewless forms of air... 
