Have, then, thy wish!"— he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above,... Everard Tunstall - Page 165by Thomas Forester - 1851Full view - About this book
| 1810 - 538 pages
...copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, vSprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...curliou, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung...lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung...lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung...lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,... | |
| 1810 - 590 pages
...curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe.' After expanding and diversifying his illustration of this striking incident, the poet proceeds thus:—... | |
| 1811 - 392 pages
...flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arese Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on lefl, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe} From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, I The rushes and the willow wand I Are bristling iulo axe and brand,... | |
| 1811 - 708 pages
...From crag to crag ihe fignal flew, Irritant through copfc ;iml heath arofe Bonnets and fpears, and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; • Why not cuiiew f Rev» Fron From fhingles grey their lances ftart, • ч The bracken-buíh "t"... | |
| 1811 - 708 pages
...-crag ihe fignal flew, Inftant through copfe and heath arofe Bonnets and fpears, and bended bows j On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe;, . r— . — -^ < i , * Why notcuiiewj Rev. From fliingles grey th«ir lances ftait, , .^ The bracken.... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung...lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life... | |
| David Stewart - 1822 - 658 pages
...curlew From crag to crag the signal flew ; Instant thro' copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows, On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingle* green the lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willow wand... | |
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