The White Doe of Rylstone; or the Fate of the Nortons (The Cornell Wordsworth) - Hardcover

Wordsworth, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801419468 ISBN 13: 9780801419461

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1988

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... lingered in the rear: Thought followed thought--and ere the last Of that unhappy train was past, Before him Francis did appear. " Now when 'tis not your aim to oppose," Said he, " in open field your foes; Now that from this decisive day Your multitude must melt away, An unarmed man may come unblamed; To ask a grace, that was not claimed Long as your hopes were high, he now May hither bring a fearless brow; When his discountenance can do No injury, --may come to you. Though in your cause no part I bear, Your indignation I can share; Am grieved this backward march to see, How careless and disorderly! I scorn your Chieftains, men who lead, And yet want courage at their need; Then look at them with open eyes! Deserve they further sacrifice? My Father! I would help to find A place of shelter, till the rage Of cruel men do like the wind Exhaust itself and sink to rest; Be brother now to brother joined! Admit me in the equipage Of your misfortunes, that at least, Whatever fate remains behind, I may bear witness in my breast To your nobility of mind! " " Thou enemy, my bane and blight! Oh! bold to fight the coward's fight Against all good "--but why declare, At length, the issue of this prayer? Or how, from his depression raised, The father on his son had gazed; Suffice it that the son gave way, Nor strove that passion to allay, Nor did he turn aside to prove His brothers' wisdom or their love--But calmly from the spot withdrew; The like endeavours to renew, Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. r-rv. "jROM cloudless ether looking down, The moon, this tranquil evening, sees A camp, and a beleaguered town, And castle like a stately crown On the steep rocks of winding Tees;--And, southward far, with moors between, Hill-tops, and floods, and forests green, The...

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Sally Bushell is Lecturer in English Literature, Director of Graduate Studies, and Co-Director of The Wordsworth Centre at Lancaster University. She is the author of Re-Reading The Excursion. James A. Butler is Professor of English at La Salle University. He is the editor of The Ruined Cottage and The Pedlar and Lyrical Ballads and Other Poems, 1797-1800, also in the Cornell Wordsworth. Michael Jaye has retired as Professor of English at Rutgers University. David García is Associate Provost of Ithaca College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801419468
• ISBN 13: 9780801419461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Dugas Kristine