Have, then, thy wish!"— 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,... Essentials of English Grammar: For the Use of Schools - Page 12by William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1824 - 394 pages
...And he was enswen'd from the hill ; ****** Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below. Sprung up at once the lurking; foe; From shingle* grey their lances start. The bracken bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willow-wand... | |
| 1824 - 706 pages
...5. Non tarn prœmiis periculorum, quam ipsis periculis lœtus. Tac. Hut. ü. 8«. From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are brittling into axe and brand. C. 5. . .. .Ttm Si гг%ч чате «ruxrai Armin xcA... | |
| 1824 - 724 pages
...describes : " Instant through copse and death arise, Honnets and spears and bended bows , Oiirightand left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; From shingles grcy their lances start. The bracken bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willuw wand, Are... | |
| Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 pages
...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, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lane, s start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are... | |
| David Stewart (Major-General.) - 1825 - 662 pages
...Ihe curlew From crag to crag the signal flew ; Instant thro' copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows, On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; From shingles green the lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pages
...of the Roman historian, as in the stanzas of the " Ariosto of the North :" " From shingles grey the lances start, ' ' The bracken bush sends forth the dart, " The rushes and the willow wand " Are bristling into axe and brand." Lady of the Lake. Canto v. 9. be found than two Greek... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 610 pages
...of the Roman historian, as in the stanzas of the " Ariosto of the North :" " From shingles grey the lances start, " The bracken bush sends forth the dart, " The rushes and the willow wand " Are bristling into axe and brand." Lady of the Lake. Canto v. 9. be found than two Greek... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...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,...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,... | |
| 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
...curucú, From crag to crag the signal Hew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on left, above, below,...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,... | |
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