...scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose zoo Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on...Sprung 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...

...bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles 1 gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth...rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,2 And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle garrisoned...

...to do, do it with thy might." a ° JOHN WILSON. LXVII.—THE AMBUSCADE. SIR WALTER SCOTT. Instant, through copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe. From shingles gray the lances start, The bracken bush sends forth...

...points of the compass, reminding me of Sir Roderick Dhu's warriors arising as if from the earth : " On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; At once with full five hundred men, As it the yawning hill to Heaven, A subterranean host had given."...

...answer'd 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...bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into ax and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior...

...hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew,' From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse4 and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the 'lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken6 bush sends...

...we." — WORDSWORTH. 4. Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. — EMERSON. 5. On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe. —SCOTT. 6. Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too. — COLERIDGE. 7. The world...

...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...lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, IX. The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives...

...answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, /wa« crag /b crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...bended bows; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung ilp at once the lurking foe; J<fom shingles gray their lances start, yhe bracken bush sends forth the...

...oppose our landing. It was a most literal rendering of Scott's scene in ' The Lady of the Lake ' : ' On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven...