 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
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1898 - 614 pages
...answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...lurking foe; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into ax and brand,... | |
 | William Drummond Norie - 1898 - 604 pages
...near the spot where the loyal Camerons lay in ambush, Lochiel gave the signal whistle, and " Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe." 1 Caught in the snare they had laid for their chief, the conspirators received a well - merited punishment... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 348 pages
...and all his miscreant band. Standing before the hillock, still called "Roderick's Watchanswer : 45 On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 344 pages
...he was answer'd from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 358 pages
...he was answer'd from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 348 pages
...the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. LEAYING LOCH RATRINE. On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 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...From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken brush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into ax and brand, And every... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 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...From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken brush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into ax and brand, And every... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 824 pages
...answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew.2 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 618 pages
...scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose 200 Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on left,...From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bnsli sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every... | |
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