 The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...  The Spectator - Page 105by Joseph Addison - 1824Full view - About this book
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...Knglifli archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was flain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trufty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Againfr Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his (haft he fet, Tht %т»ч -toofe wing *,hat was there •... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...Englifh archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was (lain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trufty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Againft Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his fhaft he fet, The grey-goole wing that was thereon In his... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...shined in Homer or in Virgil : So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was...Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose wing that was thereon In his heart-blood was wet. This fight did last from break of day... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 pages
...shined in Homer or in Virgil : So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was...Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose wing that was thereon In his heart-blood was wet. This fight did last from break of day... | |
 | 1803 - 420 pages
...shined in Homer or Virgil. ' So thus did both those nobles die, ' Whose courage none could stain : ' Ari English archer then perceiv'd ' The noble earl was...his shaft he set, , ' The gray-goose wing that was thereom ' In his heart -blood was wet. ' This fight did last from break of day ' Till setting of the... | |
 | 1803 - 454 pages
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 | 1803 - 434 pages
...shined in Homer or Virgil. 1 So thus did both those nobles die, ' Whose courage none could stain : 4 An English archer then perceiv'd ' The noble earl...had a bow bent in his hand, ' Made of a trusty tree, f ' An arrow of a cloth-yard long ' Unto the head drew he. ' Against Sir Hugh Montgomery 4 So right... | |
 | 1803 - 450 pages
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 | Susannah Watts - 1804 - 164 pages
...will ever secure the preference to the latter weapon, which, though as commonly used, perhaps less * " He had a bow bent in his hand, " Made of a trusty tree ; " An arrow of a cloth-yard long, " Up to the head drew he:" CHEVY CHACE, Certain, of hitting the mark, is howevef capable of doing much... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 346 pages
...So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then percelv'd The noble Earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his...cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hush Montgomery 80 right his shaft he set, The grey-goose wing that was thereon In his heart-blood... | |
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