 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; The stubborn spear-men still made good...  The castles and abbeys of England - Pàgina 67per William Beattie - 1844 - 10 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Walter Scott - 1911 - 280 pàgines
...blow, Unbroken was the ring , The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood,1 Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | 1911 - 242 pàgines
...The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, The instant that he fell. 120 No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing 125 O'er... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1912 - 368 pàgines
...Though charging knights like whirlwinds g0, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell." Allow that Scott's " light horseman sort of stanza," as he himself called it, is not in the " grand... | |
 | Vere Henry Collins - 1914 - 198 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. 120 No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like... | |
 | Arthur Hassall - 1920 - 600 pàgines
...broidered full fair A foot of the fairest fowl that ever flew on wing. The Close of the Battle of Flodden. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well : Till utter darkness closed her wing, O'er... | |
 | Peter Anderson Graham - 1921 - 412 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1921 - 280 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | Edward Albert - 1923 - 648 pàgines
...Though charging knights like whirlwinds go Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 896 pàgines
...Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though billmen ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | James Cooper - 1924 - 160 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
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