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
| 1826 - 438 pages
...open fields, and from every house r barn, or cover in sight, the flash of ire-arms was to be seen.' * On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their muskets start, The bracken-bosh sends forth tb« dart. And every tnft of broom give* life,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...answer' d from llic bill ; Wild as the scream of Ibe curucú, From crag to crag the signal Hew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...lurking foe; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth (he dart, The rushes ami the willow-wand 'Arc bristling into axe and brand,... | |
| 1827 - 356 pages
...the Appointed hour, As I, until before me stand , • , From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...the. lurking foe;, ..... > . ,.,. , From shingles grey their lances start, This rebel chieftain and his band." — " Have, then, thy wisj)!" He whistled... | |
| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...answer'd 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...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,... | |
| 1831 - 480 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...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... | |
| Scottish tourist - 1832 - 490 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...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... | |
| Charles Coleman - 1832 - 514 pages
...beautiful description of the ambuscade in ' The Lady of the Lake,' which he thus describes. ' Instant through copse and heath arose, Bonnets and spears, and bended bows ; On right and left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start,... | |
| Zachariah Allen - 1833 - 440 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 lancei start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, 340 MOUNTAIN PASSES OF THE HIGHLANDS.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1834 - 280 pages
...crag the signal flew. Instant, through copso and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows; Vn right, on left, above, below Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; »rom shmgles gray their lances start, Tita brsckcn-feush sends forth the d^t, Ca,,!... V. THE COMBAT... | |
| Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pages
...was answered from the hill — we see the heath, broom and brachen forming the ambuscade. "Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray thcir lances start, The brachen bush sends forth the dart, And every tuft of broom gives life • To... | |
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