And plaids and bonnets waving high, And broad-swords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight... The Lady of the Lake: A Poem - Side 159af Walter Scott - 1826 - 282 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| James Robert Boyd - 1862 - 366 sider
...shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ? — " Down, down," cried Mar, " you lances down' Bear back both friend and foe !" Like...frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay level'd low ! And closely shouldering, side by side, The bristling ranks the onset bide. •rofessor... | |
| 1863 - 150 sider
...and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ? ' Down, down,' cried Mar, ' your lances...their Tinchel cows the game ! They come as fleet as mountain deer, We'll drive them back as tame.' Bearing before them in their course The relics of the... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 sider
...that tide of flight and chase How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ? 8. " Down, down," cried Mar, " your lances down ! Bear...frown, That serried " grove of lances brown At once lay levelled low ; And closely shouldering side to side The bristling ranks the onset bide. " We'll quell... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 678 sider
...tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood 1 — ' Down, down,' cried Mar, ' your lances down ! Bear...frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay levelled lowj And closely shouldering side to side, The bristling ranks the onset bide. — — ' We'll... | |
| Walter Scott - 1866 - 368 sider
...pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ? — ' Down, down,' cried Mar, ' your...side to side, The bristling ranks the onset bide. — l ' We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their Tinchel 2 cows the game ! 1 [The MS. has not this... | |
| Walter Scott - 1866 - 614 sider
...pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ? — ' Down, down, ' cried Mar, ' your...fleet as forest deer, We'll drive them back as tame.' — XVIII. " Bearing before them, in their course, The relics of the archer force, Like wave with crest... | |
| Walter Scott - 1866 - 1204 sider
...tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ! — 4 Down, down,' cried Mar, ' your lances down ! Bear...fleet as forest deer, We'll drive them back as tame.' — " Bearing before them, in their course, The relics of the archer force, Like wave with crest of... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 sider
...pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood? — 'Down, down,' cried Mar, 'your...frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay Icvell'd low ; And closely shouldering side to side, The bristling ranks the onset bide. — ' We'll... | |
| Alexander Murray (publisher.) - 1866 - 466 sider
...heaven, the archery appear'— 'onwards they drive, in dreadful race, pursuers and pursued'—'Down, down!' cried Mar; 'your lances down! bear back both friend and foe.' 'Right onward did Clan-Alpine come;' but 'the horsemen dash among the rout, as deer break through the... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 sider
...pursued; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, — The spearmen's twilight wood? — " Down! down !" cried Mar, " your...tempest's frown, That serried grove of lances brown —We 'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel 1i cows the game! They come as fleet as forest... | |
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