 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
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...sarebbe stato il vincitore. Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. 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... | |
 | Federico Llaverías - 1925 - 544 pages
...them, and started up at once at the whistle of Roderick Dhu to surprise Fitz James. " Instant thro' copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears, and bended...Sprung up at once, the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lance i start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the wiHow wand Are... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - 1925 - 446 pages
...made other signal, the result was the same, for as in Scott's immortal poem we are told that, "Instant through copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows, On right, on left, above, below Spring up at once the lurking foe," so now around their struggling leader suddenly appeared a circle... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, and spiritual ends of the cultivai ion of bodily...vigour and activity. "Bodily exercise profiteth HttJe; grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, ю The rushes and the willow wand Are... | |
 | Royal Society of New Zealand - 1911 - 864 pages
...is evident : — (ti.) Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 592 pages
...answered from the bill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant through copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and...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 Arc... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2005 - 277 pages
...answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. 200 Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking toe; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the... | |
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