Quotes from work

Marmion

“Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth,
When thought is speech, and speech is truth.”

Walter Scott Marmion

Canto II, introduction.
Marmion (1808)

“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.”

Walter Scott Marmion

Canto V, stanza 9.
Marmion (1808)

“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.”

Walter Scott Marmion

Canto II, stanza 27.
Marmion (1808)

“England was merry England, when
Old Christmas brought his sports again.
‘Twas Christmas broach’d the mightiest ale;
‘Twas Christmas told the merriest tale;
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer
The poor man’s heart through half the year.”

Walter Scott Marmion

Canto VI, introduction, st. 3.
Marmion (1808)

“When Prussia hurried to the field,
And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield.”

Walter Scott Marmion

Canto III, introduction.
Marmion (1808)

“Where's the coward that would not dare
To fight for such a land?”

Walter Scott Marmion

Canto IV, stanza 30.
Marmion (1808)