 With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way ! Then, while on Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound,...  Selections from Various Sources - Page 143by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...his latest day, When death, just hovering, clainrTd his prey, With Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful...plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallow'd day, Convoke... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...to his latest day, When Death, just hovering, claim'd his prey, With Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood : Each call for needful...plains One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallow'd day, Convoke... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood; Each call for hrcdfnl rert repel I'd, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall,...The steerage of the realm gave way ! Then, while on I'ritajn's thousand pl.iins One unpolluted church remain«, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...to his latest day, When death, just hovering, claim'd his prey, With Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful...plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallow'd day, Convoke... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...to his latest day, When death, just hovering, claim'd his prey. With Palinure's uuatter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood; Each call for needful...while on Britain's thousand plains One unpolluted chnrch remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But Mill,... | |
 | 1850 - 772 pages
...Palinure's unaltered mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful rat repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till in his fall...with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way ! " We feel the void he has left, — as a harp without its master — as a host without its leader.... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...Palinure's unaltered mood, Firm at hia dangerous post he stood; Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall,...realm gave way! Then, while on Britain's thousand plaina One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening... | |
 | James Wilson - 1838 - 372 pages
...of Music, vol. 3. — Musical Biography. THE LIFE THOMAS WILSON, THE BLIND BELL RINGER OF DUMFRIES. "Then, while on Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted Church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still upon the hallowed day, Convoke... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 pages
...Palinure's unalter'd wood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held ; Till in his fall,...with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way ! Still, while on Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted church remains ; Whose peaceful bells ne'er... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 92 pages
...Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; Eaeh eall for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rndder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the reahu gave way ! Then, while on Britain's thousand plains One unpolluted ehureh remaius, Whose peaeeful... | |
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