 Ye lie, ye lie, ye liar loud ! Sae loud I hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 1271859Full view - About this book
 | 1887 - 610 pages
...Percy was a prisoner.' So a supposed prophecy and the Earl's ' dreary dream ' were realised : — ' I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.' Hence also Home's lines in the tragedy of ' Douglas : ' — ' Hosts have been known at that dread sound... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 pages
...yestreen, " To dight my men and me." " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, " Beyond the Isle of Sky ; " I saw a dead man win a fight, " And I think that man was I." He belted on hia good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 532 pages
...men yestreen " To dight my men and me. " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, " Beyond the Isle of Sky; " I saw a dead man win a fight, " And I think that man was I." He belted on his good braid swordAnd to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good. That should... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 534 pages
...yestreen " To dight my men and me. " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, " Beyond the Isle of Sky ; " I saw a dead man win a fight, " And I think that man was I." He belted on his good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...yestreen " To (light my men and me. " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, " Beyond the Isle of Sky ; " I saw a dead man win a fight, " And I think that man was I." He belted on his good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the hehnet good, That should... | |
 | Jean Froissart - Burgundy - 1832 - 412 pages
...prophecy takes the shape of a dream:— • " But I hae dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." The death of Douglas was concealed till the conclusion of the battle. After he was beaten down, he... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...men yestreenll To dight my men and me. " But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...brodd bauncr, For all Yuglaade so bojlle.' " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...men yestreenll To Uight my men and me. " But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Robert White - Otterburn, Battle of, Otterburn, England, 1388 - 1857 - 234 pages
...not men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
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