 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
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1856 - 826 pages
...whistle of Roderick Dhu, " Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended hows ; 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 great wizard has been accused... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 pages
...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start The bracken-bush sends fonh the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And ev'ry tuft of liroom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle gnrrison'd the glen... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 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... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 pages
...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 the dart; The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life, To plaided warrior... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 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,... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1871 - 588 pages
...thy wish,' — he whistled shrill •i ***** Instant through copse and heath, arose Bonnet and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below,...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,... | |
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