 | James D. Barker - 1868 - 106 sider
...to Government. Bombay, 24>th February 1868. * Burton's " First Footsteps in East Africa." JOURNAL. I had heard of battles and I longed To follow to the field some warlike lord.—" Douglas," by Home. A similar feeling induced me to give up the command... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 sider
...cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home : Mordaunt to Lady Mabel. 405 For I had heard of battles, and I longed To follow to the field some warlike lord : And Heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This moon, which rose last night,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sider
...liills My father feeds his flocks ; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store. t she that rose the tallest of them all, And fairest, laid his head upon her lap, And loosed the field some warlike lord : And Heaven soon granted what my sire denial. This moon which rose last night,... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1871 - 176 sider
...Grampian hills My father feeils his flock, a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store And keep his only son, myself, at home. For I had heard of battles, and I longed To follow to the field some warlike lord. And Heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This moon which rose last night,... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 136 sider
...Grampian hills My father feeds his flock ; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store And keep his only son, myself, at home ; For I had heard of battles, and I longed To follow to the field some warlike lord, And heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This moon, which rose last night,... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1871 - 176 sider
...frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store And keep his only son, myself, at Lome. For I had heard of battles, and I longed To follow to the field some warlike lord. And Heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This moon which rose last night,... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 sider
...hills My father feeds his flocks ; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home : For I had heard of battles, and I longed To follow to the field some warlike lord; And heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This moon which rose last night,... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1873 - 278 sider
...guerre." The trumpet (figuratively) called me to the field. Once more I forsook the maternal mansion. I had heard of battles, and I longed to follow to the field any officer competent to lead me. Arriving at the depot at Chatham just as the whole of the recruits... | |
 | William Henry Venable - 1874 - 288 sider
...hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home. For I had heard of battles, and I longed To follow to the field some warlike lord : And Heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This moon, which rose last night,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 sider
...hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home: For I had heard of battles, and I long'd To follow to the field some warlike lord; And Heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This... | |
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My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home. For I had heard of battles, and I longed To follow to the field some warlike... 
