 ... of thy desert regardless of foes. Thy bold antlers call on the hunter afar, With a haughty defiance to come to the war ! No outrage is war to a creature like thee ! The bugle-horn fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on the wings...  Poetical works - Page 231by John Wilson - 1858Full view - About this book
 | John Wilson - Great Plague, London, England, 1664-1666 - 1816 - 316 pages
...fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on the wings of the wind, And the laggarclly gaze-hound is toiling behind. In the beams of thy...— But what if the stag on the mountain be slain ? On the brink of the rock — lo ! he standeth at bay Like a victor that falls at the close of the... | |
 | England - 1826 - 820 pages
...fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on the wings of tho wind, And the laggardly gaze-hound is toiling behind. In the beams of thy...— But what if the stag on the mountain be slain ' On the brink of the rock — lo ! he standeth at bay Like a victor that falls at the close of the... | |
 | 1831 - 602 pages
...fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on Ihe wings of the wind, And the laggardly gaze-hound is toiling behind. In the beams of thy...heath, — In the wide-raging torrent that lends thee iu roar, — In the cliff that once trod must be trodden DO more, — Thy trust— 'mid the dangers... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...spirit with glee, As thou bearcst thy neck on the wings of the wind, And the laggardly gaze-hound it toiling behind. , • In the beams of thy forehead...draw power from the touch of the heath, — In the wide ranging torrent that lends thee its roar, In the cliff that once trod must be trodden no more,... | |
 | Scotland - 1826 - 840 pages
...fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on the wings of the wind, And the laggardly gaze-hound is toiling behind. In the beams of thy...— But what if the stag on the mountain be slain ? On the brink of the rock — lo ! he standeth at bay Like a victor that falls at the close of the... | |
 | 1826 - 918 pages
...fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on the wings of the wind, And the laggardly gaze-hound is toiling behind. In the beams of thy...the heath,— In the wide-raging torrent that lends tliee its roar, — In the cliff that ence trod must be trodden no more, — Thy trust — 'mid the... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on the wings of the wind, And the laggardly gaze-hound is toiling behind. In the beams of thy...— But what if the stag on the mountain be slain ? On the brink of the rock — lo ! he standeth at bay, Like a victor that falls at the close of the... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...bearest thy neck on the wings of the wind, Aid the laggardly gaze-hound ia toiling behind. In the beam* Sleep ! with wings of healing, And may this storm be but a mountainbirth, May all the stars han h tie wide-raging torrent that lends thce its roar, — In Jin- cliff that once trod must be trodden... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on the wings of the wind, And the laggardly gaze-hound is toiling behind. In the beams of thy...draw power from the touch of the heath, — In the wide raging torrent that lends thee its roar, — In the cliff that once trod must be trodden no more,... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...fills thy wild spirit with glee, As thou bearest thy neck on the wings of the wind, And the laggardly gaze-hound is toiling behind. In the beams of thy...— But what if the stag on the mountain be slain ? On the brink of the rock — lo ! he standeth at bay, Like a victor that falls at the close of the... | |
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