 | 1863 - 530 pàgines
...one or more persons being engulphed by it. This belief is embodied in a provincial distich : — " River of Dart ! River of Dart ! Every year thou claimest a heart." The swiftness of its course, and the great unevenness of its * Sglachnum amt,ullaceum was particularly... | |
 | 1873 - 594 pàgines
...as Carringtou sings, ' still upon the eye In dread monotony, at morn, noon, eve, Rises the moor, thc moor!' Eight miles of dreary walking over the roughest...many will make its acquaintance at the time of the Manoeuvres, and the brilliant colours and the bustle induced by ' war's magnificently-stern array,'... | |
 | Widecombe-in-the-Moor - 1876 - 132 pàgines
...of the river. It is the cry of the river-spirit for his prey ; and the local rhyme runs thus : — River of Dart, River of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart." Our musical readers will find on Dartmoor rare opportunities of testing the following German analysis... | |
 | Morgan George Watkins - 1883 - 250 pàgines
...English Tongue, p. 3. on the West Dart before darkness falls, mindful of the moormen's rhyme — " River of Dart, river of dart, Every year thou claimest a heart." Plenty of granite ribs broken from the moor's backbone strew his path on both sides, and their grey... | |
 | Fletcher S. Bassett - 1885 - 520 pàgines
...rivers, lakes and streams are still supposed to require an occasional victim, like the river in the couplet, — *" River of Dart! River of Dart! Every year thou claimest a heart! " f Barbary corsairs sacrificed sheep and fowls to the spirits of the storm, and Arab navigators also... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1897 - 472 pàgines
...spontanMAKING A RIVER-GOD. 265 cously take their victim annually ; thus the Devonshire rhyme goes, — River of Dart, river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart. The Spey also takes one life each year, and so do several British rivers elsewhere. Originally, no... | |
 | Devon and Cornwall - 1900 - 474 pàgines
...a tree which overhung the bank, while the cart and horse were found floating under Totnes bridge. " River of Dart, river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart." The note of warning in this traditional couplet is not to be despised ; for the Dart has all the treachery... | |
 | Arthur Hamilton Norway - 1900 - 438 pàgines
...a tree which overhung the bank, while the cart and horse were found floating under Totnes bridge. " River of Dart, river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart." The note of warning in this traditional couplet is not to be despised ; for the Dart has all the treachery... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - 1902 - 550 pàgines
...mid be apples and mid be none. Elworthy, W. Som. Wd. Bk. Cf. Olaus Wormius Monumenta Dansea, i. 7. River of Dart, river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart (dangerous from its rapidity). N., I., ii. 511. The " crying " of the Dart foretells rain. " We shall... | |
 | 1904 - 636 pàgines
...had dragged or lured him down. The idea lingers in the old couplet that clings to the river Dart ; River of Dart, River of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart ; and other rivers have similar traditions. Sometimes the water-spirit is like the genuine mermaid ; more... | |
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It would be curious to taste the delights of ' camping out' with railways but a few hours from most points. With a pony and a small tent such an expedition would be still more delightful. But whenever and wherever a pedestrian tempts the moor, let him... 
