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
| John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 344 pages
...he was answer'd from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the... | |
| John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 348 pages
...the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. LEAYING LOCH RATRINE. On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the... | |
| John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 348 pages
...and all his miscreant band. Standing before the hillock, still called "Roderick's Watchanswer : 45 On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the... | |
| John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 358 pages
...he was answer'd from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 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,...From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken brush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into ax and brand, And every... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 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,...From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken brush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into ax and brand, And every... | |
| Walter Scott - 1900 - 824 pages
...curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew.2 Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below,...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1900 - 618 pages
...curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose 200 Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on left, above, below,...From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bnsli sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every... | |
| William Henry Hudson - 1901 - 332 pages
...bended bows; On right, on left, above, 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 bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior... | |
| Walter Scott - 1902 - 254 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,...lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, 205 The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives... | |
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