 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 - 1843 - 732 pàgines
...ghastly hlow, Unhroken was the ring ; The stuhhorn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrahle wood, 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 nohle, squire like knight, As fearlessly... | |
 | William Beattie - 1844 - 430 pàgines
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 | William Beattie - 1844 - 432 pàgines
...forces; for the Scottish centre remaining unbroken, and their left wing being victorious, he ^l| f* y 6 t doubted the event of the field, for in the words of...that he fell : No thought was there of dastard flight ; 1 .in], M in the serricd phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 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 kuight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1844 - 374 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...instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard fightLinked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire, like knight, As fearlessly... | |
 | James Miller - 1844 - 536 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go. Though bill-men deal 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." — Marmion, Canto vi. These brave men fought against fearful odds till their number was gradually... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pàgines
...blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Kach 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... | |
 | James Miller - 1844 - 540 pàgines
...charging knights like whirlwinds go. Though bill-men deal the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring : The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where bis comrade stood. The instant that he fell." — Marmion, Canto vi. These brave men fought against... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pàgines
...at this place in 1513, James IV. was defeated and slain, with the flower of the Scottish nobility. 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 clos'd her wing O'er their... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1845 - 556 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 ; Liiik'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fonght like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly... | |
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