 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
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 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,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 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, 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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 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,... | |
 | Scottish tourist - 1845 - 522 pages
...any thing Sir Walter Scott ever wrote. '' 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 ; * The Kelpie is a north-country demon, seldom appearing south of Aberdeen ; and the accident which... | |
 | Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1846 - 512 pages
...conflict, like the warriors of Roderick Dhu: " 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 lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 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, 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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 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, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey iheir lances start. The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...where, at the shrill whistle of Roderic Dim, " 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 lances start, The braken bush sends forth the dart ; The rushes and the willow wand Are... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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,... | |
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