 Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go? Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring...  Handbook for Travellers in Scotland - Side 23af John Murray (publishers.) - 1867Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 sider
...strife of death. The English shafts in vollies hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, To break the...Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men... | |
 | 1809 - 914 sider
...strife of death. The English shafts in vollies hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, To break the...Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. Dut yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 sider
...of death. The English shafts in vollies hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed ; , Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, . To break the...Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king-. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men... | |
 | 1811 - 612 sider
...Flodden: When " English shafts in vollics hail'd, "In Jir.nl I. in;; charge their horse assail'd, " Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, • • To break...Scottish circle deep, " That fought around their king. " But yet though thick the shafts as snow, • " Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, " Though... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 sider
...strife of death. The English shafts in vollies hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep. To break the...Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go. Though bill-men... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 sider
...strife of death. The English shafts in vollies hail'd, In headlong charge .their horse assail'd ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, To break the...Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go. Though bill-men... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 530 sider
...strife of death. The English shafts in vollies hail'd, In headlong charge their horse assaiM ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, To break the...Scottish circle deep, That fought around their King. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men... | |
 | 1894 - 672 sider
...chronicler : — 1 The English shafts in volleys hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed : Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, To break the...Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 sider
...strife of death. The English shafts in vollies hail'd, In headlong charge their horse assail'd ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, To break the...Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 sider
...in volleys hail'd, In headlong charge their horse assail'd ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadron's sweep, To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men... | |
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