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. 1850 Excerpt: ...of dangerous than one of the tasks of the Lake. a boar, as the old rhyme testifies:--" Trosachs, a surpassingly ro "If thou be hurt with hart, it brings m!»«c mountain vale, between Lochs thee to thy bier, Achray and Katrme. The word Tro But barber's hand will boar's hurt 8achs «P"fies a bristled region."--heal, therefore thou need'st not Gaz-of Scotland. fear." But, stumbling in the rugged dell, The gallant horse exhausted fell. The impatient rider strove in vain To rouse him with the spur and rein, For the good steed, his labours o'er, Stretch'd his stiff limbs, to rise no more; Then, touch'd with pity and remorse, He sorrow'd o'er the expiring horse. "I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey!" Then through the dell his horn resounds, From vain pursuit to call the hounds. Back limp'd, with slow and crippled pace, The sulky leaders of the chase; Close to their master's side they press'd, With drooping tail and humbled crest; But still the dingle's hollow throat Prolong'd the swelling bugle-note. The owlets started from their dream, The eagles answer'd with their scream, Round and around the sounds were cast, Till echo seem'd an answering blast; And on the hunter hied his way, To join some comrades of the day; Yet often paused, so strange the road, So wondrous were the scenes it show'd. Scott. LESSON VII HYMN BEFORE SUNRISE, IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI.1 1 Chamouni, one of the valleys of the Alps, is twelve miles in length Hast thou a charm to stay the morning star In his steep course? so long he seems to pause On thy bald awful ...
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