 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
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 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...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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 362 pages
...Eoderick > This savage Chieftain | and his band." 2 [MS. — " From copse to copse the signal flew, On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once...their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart,1 The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 372 pages
...band." 2 [MS. — " From copse to copse the signal flew, Instant, through copse and crags arose."] On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once...their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart,1 The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 pages
...at their leader's whistle :—- " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill. 1 nsiant, 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 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 right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 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,...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,... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 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...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... | |
 | A. De Puy Van Buren - 1859 - 336 pages
...from the opposing hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu 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, • A chief deserts and seeks the foe." It is well known that Poindexter sounded the note of alarm... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1871 - 588 pages
...Have, then, thy wish,' — he whistled shrill •i ***** Instant through copse and heath, arose Bonnet and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above,...lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The brackeu-bush sends forth the dart ; The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1860 - 372 pages
...Hew; Instant, through copse and heath, aroso Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on lefi, above, below. Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lanucs start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow.waml Are bristling into... | |
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