Highways and Byways in NorthumbriaMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1921 - 380 trang |
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Highways and Byways in Northumbria P Anderson (Peter Anderson) Graham,Hugh 1860-1920 Thomson Không có bản xem trước - 2022 |
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Abbey Alnmouth Alnwick ancient appoynted ballad Bamburgh bank battle beautiful Berwick birds Blanchland Border bridge building built burn called camp Castle century CHAP Cheviot Chillingham church Cilurnum coast Coquet Coquetdale cottages Crag cross Cuthbert Devil's Water Douglas Durham Earl Edward English famous Farnes feet fishing Flodden Ford Ford Castle gate Goswick green Grey ground Haltwhistle Harbottle heather Henry Hexham Hill Holy Island horse interesting John King Lady Lamberton land Lanercost Lindisfarne Lord manor Margaret miles Mithras monastery monks moor Newcastle night Norham Northumber Northumberland Northumbrian Otterburn Ovingham passed Pawston pele pele tower Percy Priory probably Queen raids Redesdale remains river road rock Roman Wall Rothbury ruins sands Saxon says Scotland Scots Scottish side Sir Walter stands stone stream Swinton Thirlwall to-day tower town Tweed Twizel Tyne Tynedale Umfraville village Warkworth wild William wind Wooler Yeavering Bell
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Trang 49 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone ; The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loophole grates where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Trang 348 - I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the north ; he that kills me some six or seven dozen of Scots at a breakfast, washes his hands, and says to his wife ' Fie upon this quiet life ! I want work.
Trang 160 - Christian knights; and now I dare say,' said Sir Ector, 'thou Sir Launcelot, there thou liest, that thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand; and thou were the courtliest knight that ever bare shield; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode horse; and thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman ; and thou were the kindest man that ever...
Trang 58 - Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife, and carnage drear, Of Flodden's fatal field. Where shiver'd was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield ! XXXV.
Trang 57 - English shafts in volleys hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though billmen ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring...
Trang 58 - Dool and wae for the order sent our lads to the Border ! The English, for ance, by guile wan the day ; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, are cauld in the clay.
Trang 49 - George's banner, broad and gay, Now faded, as the fading ray Less bright, and less, was flung ; The evening gale had scarce the power To wave it on the Donjon tower, So heavily it hung.
Trang 118 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismay'd away. Lor. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea banks and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Trang 161 - And thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.
Trang 309 - In the elder days of Art, Builders -wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere.