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" The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle garrisoned the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean... "
The poetical works of Walter Scott - Page 14
by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820
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The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 4

Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A suhterranean host had given. Watching their leader's heck and will, All silent there they stood, and still ;...tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could urge Their headlong passage down the verge ; With step and weapon forward Hung, Upon the...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 12

1822 - 828 pages
...covered with a vast, agitated multi, i . s uilc, that hung, " as one of their own poets hath said," " Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass ; As if an infant's touch could urg Their headlong passage down 1 The air ringing with glorious clamour of bugle and trumpet;...
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Sketches of the character, manners, and present state of the ..., Volume 1

David Stewart - 1822 - 552 pages
...plaided warriors, armed for strife. That whistle garrisoned the glen With full four hundred fighting men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leaders' beck and will, All silent then they stood, and still, Like the loose crags, whose threatening...
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Historical and Literary Tour of a Foreigner in England and Scotland, Volume 2

Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 pages
...gives life To plaided warrior ara'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean...and still. Like the loose crags whose threatening mas» Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass As if an infant's touch could urge Their headlong passage...
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The Lady of the Lake: A Poem

Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle garrisoned the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven, A subterranean...they stood and still ; Like the loose crags whose threat'ning mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could urge Their headlong...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: Complete in One Volume

Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At oucn with full five hundred men, As if ihe yawning hill lo heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, | All silent Ihere they stood and still. Like the loose crags whose threatening там Lay loitering o'er the hollow...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning bill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching...threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass, A* if an infant's touch could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward...
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The Lady of the Lake: A Poem

Walter Scott - 1834 - 280 pages
...gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with Full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean...they stood and still ; Like the loose crags whose threat'ning man Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could urge Their headlong...
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Flora's Dictionary

Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pages
...bush sends forth the dart, And every tuft of broom gives life • To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. " And when, after a suitable pause, the chieftian " waved hii hand" — "Down sunk the disappearing...
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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Volume 1

James Browne - 1838 - 558 pages
...times, viz., his despotic power in his clan." That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean...tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung. Upon the...
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