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 - 1821 - 530 pàgines
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, 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 (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spear-men Mill made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. i No thought was there of dastard flight; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,... | |
| 1894 - 672 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...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; •5 The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that be fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pàgines
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...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 (bart.) - 1825 - 528 pàgines
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, 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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - 332 pàgines
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| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly bloWj Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. Ko thought was there of dastard flight; Liok'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,... | |
| Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 pàgines
...Though 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, I ,i nk'il in the serried phalanx tight Groom fought like noble, squire like knight As fearlesssly... | |
| Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1904 - 400 pàgines
...carnage in which the flower of the nobility of Scotland fell, round the standard of their fallen king. "The stubborn spearmen still made good, Their dark impenetrable wood ; Each stepping where hia comrade stood The instant that he fell, No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the... | |
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