 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1838 - 268 pages
...wish!" — he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the 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 hended hows ; On right, on left, ahove, helow, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey... | |
 | James Browne - 1838 - 558 pages
...thus beautifully and justly described the alacrity of a clan gathering at the call of a chief: — " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew ; Instant, through copse and heath arii*e Honncts and spears... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...hour, As 1, until before me stand This rebel chieftain and his band." IX. " Have, then, thy wish!"— he whistled shrill. And he was answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets, and spears,... | |
 | 1850 - 556 pages
...Thus they reply : " Laird of the kilt, There 's right of way across Glen Tilt." " You think so, eh ? " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill. Wild as the yell of the yahoo, From crag to crag the signal flew. That whistle garrisoned the glen, With two great... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...wind, prophesy, ion of man, and say to the wind, Tkw uilh thi Loud God; Coma from the four winds, () re. flew.3 Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and beaded bows ; On right, on left,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...rebel Chieftain and his band." — " Have then thy wish !" he whistled shrill, And he was answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew,...bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at onee the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...hefore me stand This rehel Chieftain and his hand." IX. " Have then thy wish T— he whistled shriU, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream...through copse and heath, arose Bonnets, and spears, and hended howa • On right, on left, ahove, helow, Sprang up at once the lurking foe; From shingles grey... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...and rest, and love. SCOTT'S LADY OF THE LAKE, (CANTO in.) CLAN-ALPINE. "Have, then, thy wish !" — He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill...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... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - 1844 - 384 pages
...could be heard at a most astonishing distance. We are reminded of the signal of Roderick Dhu : — " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill,...of the curlew, From crag to crag, the signal flew.' His expeditions were frequently long, and his men, hurrying forth without due preparation, not unfrequently... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - 1844 - 382 pages
...reminded of the signal of Roderick Dhu : — " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hilf, Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag, the signal flew.' His expeditions were frequently long, and his men, hurrying forth without due preparation, not unfrequently... | |
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— -he whistled shrill And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. 
