 That whistle garrisoned the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood, and still. Like the loose crags whose threatening...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 209by Walter Scott - 1857Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 538 pages
...hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still. Like the loose crags whose threatening...glance of pride Along Benledi's living side, Then fixed his eye and sable brow Full on Fitz-James — " How say'st thou now ? These are Clan-Alpine's... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still. Like the loose crags whose threatening...glance of pride Along Benledi's living side, Then fixed his eye and sable brow Full on Fitz- James — " How say'st thou now ? These are Clan- Alpine's... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 pages
...hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still; Like the loose crags whose threatening...down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upo;; the mountain side they hung. The' mountaineer cast glance of pride Along- Benledi's living side,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still. Like the loose crags whose threatening...o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could nrge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side... | |
 | 1811 - 868 pages
...subierriinf on-» host had given. Watching their leader's beck aud will, All silent the.ie thi'y aloud and still ; Like the loose crags, whose threatening...hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could urge Their hcadliuiir p:ifsage eionn the. rcrge, With step and we..pon lui ward Цинк, Upon the mountain ti/it;... | |
 | 1811 - 872 pages
...hill to heaven A subterraneous host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will. All silent there they stood and still ; Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay lottering o'er lire hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could urge Their headlunx passage down thr... | |
 | 1822 - 780 pages
...vast, agitated multitude, that hung, as " one of their own poets hath said," " Like the loose crag*, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge." The air ringing with glorious clamour of bugle and trumpet ; — troops moving backwards and forwards... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...hill to heaven A suhterranean host had given. Watching their leader's heck and will, All silent there they stood, and still ; Like the loose crags whose...passage down the verge ; With step and weapon forward Hung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mountaineer cast glance of pride Along Benledi's living... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still. Like the loose crags whose threatening...tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's toueh could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood, and still. Like the loose crags whose...living side, Then fix'd his eye and sable brow Full on Fitz- James — " How say'st thou now ? These are Clan-Alpine's warriors true ; And, Saxon, — I am... | |
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