Quotes from work
The Lord of the Isles

The Lord of the Isles is a rhymed, romantic, narrative-poem by Sir Walter Scott, written in 1815.

“In man's most dark extremity
Oft succour dawns from Heaven.”
Canto I, stanza 20.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)

“Spangling the wave with lights as vain
As pleasures in the vale of pain,
That dazzle as they fade.”
Canto I, stanza 23.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)