 He whistled shrill, And he was 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 and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up, at once,...  Essentials of English Grammar: For the Use of Schools - Page 11by William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1837 - 580 pages
...bended bows; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the...into axe and brand ; And every tuft of broom gives lile To plaided warrior, armed for strife.' Every visitor here must remark the singular accuracy of... | |
 | 1837 - 236 pages
...left is the spot where the poet places the rendezvous of the followers of Roderick Dhu : " Instant through copse and heath arose, Bonnets and spears...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... | |
 | 1837 - 578 pages
...Alpine,' where, at the shrill whistle of Roderick Dhu, and to the surprise of Fitz James : '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 grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth... | |
 | 1837 - 594 pages
...shrill whistle of Roderick Dhu, and to the surprise of Fitz James : 'Instant through copse and he.-ilh arose Bonnets, and spears, and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey ihcir lances slart, The bracken bush sends forth... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 394 pages
...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,...bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - 1838 - 302 pages
...Alpine ' where, at the shrill whistle of Roderick Dhu, and to the surprise of Fitz James : "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 their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth... | |
 | James Browne - 1838 - 558 pages
...crag the signal flew ; Instant, through copse and heath arii*e Honncts and spears and bended Inn-. ; On right, on left, above, below, 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... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - 1840 - 476 pages
...and here, at the shrill whistle of Roderick Dhu, and to the astonishment of Fitz-James, " Instant, through copse and heath arose Bonnets, and spears,...bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow- wand Are bristling' into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 404 pages
...assegais, recalling forcibly to mind the effect of the shrill whistle of Roderick Dhu. " Instant from copse and heath arose, Bonnets and spears and bended...lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean- host had given." The Amakosa collected silently on... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...crag to crag the signal flew.3 Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and beaded ell, St. Andrew Square. grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart,4 The rushes and the willow-wand Are... | |
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