 But see ! look up — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent." And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill,* All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed...  Marmion - Page 354by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pages
...gradation lost, and the next step is spirit — Deity! I can command the lightning, and am dust! 343. Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, Unworthy office here to stay ! no hope of gilded spurs to-day — hut, see, look up — on Flodden bent, the Scottish foe has tired his tent. 344. Good God ! that... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...to-day. — Bnt, see ! look np— on Flodden bent,1 The Seottish foe has fir'd his tent." — And sndden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreath'd in sable smoke ; Volnm'd and vast, and rolling far, The elond envelop'd Seotland's war, As... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...The first tremendous onset is thus dashed off, with inimitable power, by the mighty minstrel: — ' will have ; the more ardently they love liberty, the more «harp ridges of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke ; Volumed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...their distant comrades view : Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office here to stay ! lío hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But see ! look up...banks of Till Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke Nor martial... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...Clare upon the hill ; The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view : Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, — " Unworthy office...of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke ; Volumed, and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke. Wide raged... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pages
...Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office here to stay I No hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But see 1 look up— on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired...banks of Till Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke Nor martial... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 pages
...well as from his uustained loyalty and knightly faith. His place of residence was Thurland Castle. " Unworthy office here to stay ! No hope of gilded spurs...sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, .A 11 downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far,... | |
 | John Menzies (of Edinburgh.) - 1855 - 142 pages
...led on by the king in person : — " For see, look up, on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired bis tent ; And sudden as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pages
...sunbeams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view : Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 pages
...knightly faith. His place of residence was Thurland Castle. i [MS.—" Beneath thy seneschal, Fitz-Hugh."] Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill,1 All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling... | |
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