Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
WALTER SCOTTTeach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
WALTER SCOTTBlessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
WALTER SCOTTWill future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
WALTER SCOTTHe that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
WALTER SCOTTWhere is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
WALTER SCOTTCredit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
WALTER SCOTTFortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
WALTER SCOTTNovember’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
WALTER SCOTTI cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
WALTER SCOTTTreason seldom dwells with courage.
WALTER SCOTTWelcome as the flowers in May.
WALTER SCOTTHeaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
WALTER SCOTTDo not Christians and Heathens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences?
WALTER SCOTTHope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
WALTER SCOTTSteady of heart and stout of hand.
WALTER SCOTTTo the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
WALTER SCOTT