And plaids and bonnets waving high, And broad-swords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight... The Lady of the Lake: A Poem - Page 159by Walter Scott - 1826 - 282 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 pages
...pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ? — ' Down, down,' cried Mar, ' your...— 'We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their Tinchel1 cows the game! They come as fleet as forest deer, We'll drive them back as tame.' Bearing... | |
| Walter Scott - 1884 - 630 pages
...pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ?— 'Down, down,' cried Mar, 'your...lances brown At once lay levell'd low ; And closely shoulderbig side to side, The bristling ranks the onset bide.— ' We'll quell the savage mountaineer,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1884 - 582 pages
...How shall it keep its rooted place, 'Down! down!' cried Mar, 'your The spearmen's twilight wood? — lances down! Bear back both friend and foe !'— Like reeds before the tempest's At once lay levell' d low; And closely shouldering side by frown, That seried grove of lances brown... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight-wood? —'Down, down,' cried Mar, 'your down! 70 75 lances "NHOVI L L L NYO.O/O 80 —'We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their Tinchel cows the game! They come as fleet as forest... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1885 - 988 pages
...it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood? "Down! down!" cried Mar, "your lances dow»t Bear back both friend and foe!" Like reeds before...frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay leveled low; And closely shouldering side to side, The bristling ranks the onset bide, " We'll quell... | |
| Walter Scott - 1885 - 296 pages
...twilight wood ? — 'Down, down,' cried Mar, 'your lances down f Bear back both friend and foe ! ' — 445 Like reeds before the tempest's frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay levelled low ; And closely shouldering side to side, The bristling ranks the onset bide. — 480 '... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1887 - 476 pages
...foe !" Like reeds before the tempest's frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay levelled low ; And closely shouldering side to side, The bristling...fleet as forest deer, We'll drive them back as tame." Bearing before them, in their course, Th.) iislies of the archer force Like wave with crest of sparkling... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1886 - 372 pages
...pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ? ' Down, down,' cried Mar, 'your lances...once lay levell'd low ; And closely shouldering side by side, The bristling ranks the onset bide. — ' We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their Tinchel... | |
| Walter Scott, William Sharp - 1886 - 368 pages
...pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ? 'Down, down,' cried Mar, 'your lances...once lay levell'd low ; And closely shouldering side by side, The bristling ranks the onset bide. — ' We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their Tinchel... | |
| Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 pages
...pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place. The spearmen's twilight wood? — "Down, down," cried Mar, "your...both friend and foe ! " — Like reeds before the tempests frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay levelled low ; And closely shouldering... | |
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