...i -4 sind, hat Scott die Strophe 57 eingeschoben, die eine wörtliche Wiedergabe von Sc. 53 ist"). Tramp! tramp! along the land they rode, Splash! splash! along the sea; The scourge ia red, the spur drops blood, The flashing pebbles flee. B. 285—8 hat in der Übersetzung Sc. 58...

...busk, and boune, and seat thee, The feast is made, the chamber spread, the bridal guests await thee ! Tramp ! tramp ! along the land they rode, splash ! splash ! along the sea; The furious steed snorts fire and foam, and with a fearful bound Dissolves at once in empty air, and leaves...

...cock; The sand will aoou be run; Barbl barb ! I smell the morning air; The race is well-nigh done." Tramp! tramp! along the land they rode, Splash! splash! along the sea; j The scourge is red, the spur drops blood, The flashing pebbles flee. "Hurrah! hurrah! well ride the...

...Each forest, grove, and bower 1 On right and left Bed past how fast Each city, town, and tower ! " Tramp ! tramp ! along the land they rode, Splash! splash! along the sea." On the banks of the Mississippi he is now arrested. The proposed road in Iowa will bear the adventurer...

...prance a fetter dance Before me and my bride.' And, hnrrjjhnjry 1 clash, clash, clash ! The wastedform descends ; And fleet as wind through hazel bush The wild career attends. j.1 tramp 1 along the land they rode, Splashj splash ! along the sea ; 210 The scourge is red, the...

...bridal bed we ride ; And thou shalt prance a fetter dance Before me and my bride.' " And hurry, hurry ! clash, clash, clash ! The wasted form descends ; And...the spur drops blood. The flashing pebbles flee." 2 George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse. 3 Decisions by Lord Fountainhall. The affair in which this romantic...

...Burger's ballad his great success lay in the vividness of the spectre's horsemanship. For instance, — " Tramp ! tramp ! along the land they rode, Splash !...the spur drops blood, The flashing pebbles flee," is far better than any ghostly touch in it ; so, too, every one will remember how spirited a rider...

...Burger's ballad his great success lay in the vividness of the spectre's horsemanship. For instance,— " Tramp! tramp! along the land they rode, Splash ! splash! along the sea; The scourge is red, the spnr drops blood, The flashing pebbles flee," is far better than any ghostly touch in it; so, too,...

...And thou shalt prance a fetter dance Before me and my bride." And hurry! hurry! clash, clash, cla«h! The wasted form descends; And fleet as wind through...red, the spur drops blood, The flashing pebbles flee. How fled what moonshine faintly showed! How fled what darkness hid! How fled the earth beneath their...

...of the spectre's horsemanship. For instance, — "Tramp! tramp! along the land they rode, Splash 1 splash ! along the sea ; The scourge is red, the spur drops blood, The flashing pebbles flee," ic far better than any ghostly touch in it ; so, too, every one will remember how spirited a rider...