 Douglas blood, With mitre sheen and rocquet white ; Yet showed his meek and thoughtful eye But little pride of prelacy: More pleased that, in a barbarous age. He gave rude Scotland Virgil's page, Than that beneath his rule he held The bishopric of fair...  Philology - Page 11by John Peile - 1877 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 320 pages
...mitre sheen, and rocquet white; Yet shewed his meek and thoughtful eye But little pride of prelacy ; More pleased that, in a barbarous age, He gave rude Scotland Virgil's page, Ci^to \^. Than that beneath his rule he held The bishopric of fair Dunkeld. Beside him ancient Angus... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...his meek and thoughtful eye But little pride of prelacy ; More pleased that, in A barbarous age, lie gave rude Scotland Virgil's page, Than that beneath his rule he held The bishopric of fair Dunkt-ld. Beside him ancient Au;;ns stood, Doffd his furr'd gown, and sable hood : O'er his huge form,... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...mitre sheen, and rocquet while. Yet showed his meek and thoughtful eye Bat little pride of prelacy; More pleased that, in a barbarous age, He gave rude Scotland Virgil's pase, Than that beneath his rule he held Tlie bishopric of fair Dunkeld. Reside him ancient Angus stood,... | |
 | 1841 - 534 pages
...little pride of prelacy ; Yet showed his meek and thoughtful eye More pleased that in a barbarous ago He gave rude Scotland Virgil's page, Than that beneath his rule he held The bishoprick of fair Dunkeld." In all its varieties, this class of monuments has been more exposed to... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 492 pages
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 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
...mitre sheen and rocquet white ; Yet showed his meek and thoughtful eye But little pride of prelacy: More pleased that, in a barbarous age. He gave rude...that beneath his rule he held The bishopric of fair Dtmkeld. Beside him ancient Angus stood, Doffed his furred gown and sable hoods O'er his huge form,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...sheen, and rocquet white. Yet show'd his meek and thoughtful eye But little pride of prelacy ; llore pleased that, in a barbarous age, He gave rude Scotland...Virgil's page, Than that beneath his rule he held Tbe bUhopric of fair Dunkeld. Beside liim ancient Angus stood, IMTd his furrM gown, and sable hood... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 pages
...mitre sheen, and rocquet white. Yet show'd his meek and thoughtful eye But little pride of prelacy ; More pleased that, in a barbarous age, He gave rude Scotland Virgil's page, Thau that beneath his rule he held The bishopric of fair Dunkeld. Beside him ancieut Angus stood, Doff'd... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pages
...sheen, and rocquet white. Yet show'd lib* meek and thoughtful eye But little pride of prelacy ; Mori! pleased that, in a barbarous age, He gave rude Scotland Virgil's page, Tlian that beneath his rule he held The bishopric of fair Dunkeld. Beside him ancient Angus stood,... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1860 - 798 pages
...throws a lustre round the name of the man with whom it originated. If Gawaine Douglas had reason to be " More pleased that in a barbarous age He gave rude Scotland Virgil's page, Than that beneath his sway he held The bishopric of fair Dunkeld," honour surely is due to him who gave to a people much... | |
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