I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
WALTER SCOTTI will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
WALTER SCOTTWhat a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
WALTER SCOTTCome fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
WALTER SCOTTWhere is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
WALTER SCOTTHurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
WALTER SCOTTCome he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
WALTER SCOTTSilence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
WALTER SCOTTA sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
WALTER SCOTTRecollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
WALTER SCOTTHail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
WALTER SCOTTNovember’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
WALTER SCOTTWill future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
WALTER SCOTTLove rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
WALTER SCOTTWho, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
WALTER SCOTTFortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
WALTER SCOTTOne or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
WALTER SCOTT