 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
 | Will David Howe - 1912 - 318 pages
...crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows j On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once...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... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1913 - 632 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 axe and brand,... | |
 | 1913 - 706 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 and bended bows ; On night, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start,... | |
 | 1884 - 624 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... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 pages
...answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, Back to the gates grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, 10 The rushes and the willow wand Are... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 pages
...answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, turf upon the face of their grave. A man may read...ever man preached, if he shall but enter into the sep grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, 10 The rushes and the willow wand Are... | |
 | Anna May Irwin Lütkenhaus - 1917 - 230 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...The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into ax and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922 - 600 pages
...crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows; 201 On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once...lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, 205 The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into ax and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922 - 600 pages
...crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows; 201 On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once...lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, 205 The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into ax and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 896 pages
...answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to era's the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...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... | |
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