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
| Henry William Herbert - 1856 - 460 pàgines
...</M#IM Ctesar. BOOK CHAPTER I. DUNBAR. And Dunbar field resound thy praises loud. MILTON.S SONKBIB. 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... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1896 - 466 pàgines
...JlditUS ('tutor. A BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. DUUBAE. 4nd Dunbar field resound thy praises loud. MILTON'S Soirai 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 foutrht like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
| 1856 - 796 pàgines
...flank and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their king." "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 wine O'er their... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 364 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...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 - 1857 - 428 pàgines
...from the field as snow, When streams are swoln and south winds blow, Melts from the mountain blue. Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where...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... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pàgines
...blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, 30 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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 420 pàgines
...the field as snow, When streams are swoln and south winds blow, Their dark impenetrable wood, Eacli 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... | |
| Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pàgines
...«catu-r'd banda, Disorder')!, gain'd the Scottish lamls.— Day dawns on Flodden'i drearr side. 160 151 "be instant that he felL No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phiilaiix tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness... | |
| James Miller (of Haddington, Scotland.) - 1859 - 352 pàgines
...credibility, may be imputed to the Steward, who was heir-apparent to the crown. 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 the wing O'er their... | |
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