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Sir Walter Scott
22 quotes
“I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 't was said to me.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ne'er Was flattery lost on poet's ear; A simple race! they waste their toil For the vain tribute of a smile.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd As home his footsteps he hath turn'd From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go, mark him well! For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim,-- Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is an old tale and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd for gold, That loved, or was avenged, like me.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Where 's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land?”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But woe awaits a country when She sees the tears of bearded men.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall?”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on!" Were the last words of Marmion.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Oh for a blast of that dread horn On Fontarabian echoes borne!”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“On his bold visage middle age Had slightly press'd its signet sage, Yet had not quench'd the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth: Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Morn of toil nor night of waking.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Oh, many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken May soothe, or wound, a heart that 's broken!”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Oh, Brignall banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there Would grace a summer's queen.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source