Quotes from book

Rokeby

“Thus aged men, full loth and slow,
The vanities of life forego,
And count their youthful follies o'er,
Till Memory lends her light no more.”

Walter Scott book Rokeby

Canto V, stanza 1.
Rokeby (1813)

“No pale gradations quench his ray,
No twilight dews his wrath allay.”

Walter Scott book Rokeby

Canto VI, stanza 21.
Rokeby (1813)

“Still are the thoughts to memory dear.”

Walter Scott book Rokeby

Canto I, stanza 33.
Rokeby (1813)

“A mother's pride, a father's joy.”

Walter Scott book Rokeby

Canto III, stanza 15.
Rokeby (1813)

“Oh, Brignal banks are wild and fair,
And Greta woods are green,
And you may gather garlands there
Would grace a summer's queen.”

Walter Scott book Rokeby

Canto III, stanza 16.
Rokeby (1813)