 | William Henry Fitchett - 1898 - 392 pàgines
...fellow, take that to the rear; you have done enough till you get quit of it.'" V. HORSEMEN AND SQUARES " But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging...like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly Mow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1899 - 370 pàgines
...the strife of death. The English shafts in volleys hail'd, In headlong charge their horse assail'd ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break...whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, 10 Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each... | |
 | James Hay - 1899 - 378 pàgines
...they left the darkening heath, More desperate grew the strife of death. The English shafts in volleys hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed :...thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whilwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still... | |
 | Harry Cassell Davis, John Cloyse Bridgman - 1899 - 390 pàgines
...the strife of death. The English shafts in volley hail'd, In headlong charge their horse assail'd ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break...yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knight like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1899 - 360 pàgines
...volleys hail'd, In headlong charge their horse assail'd; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep 5 To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around...snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, 10- Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1899 - 412 pàgines
...foot who rushed over the outworks. Yet still the standard floated in the midst of a brave band who — "Though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging...whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow Still fought around their King." All who came near that close-serried ring of stedfast Saxon strength... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 618 pàgines
...they left the darkening heath More desperate grew the strife of death. The English shafts in volleys hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed; Front,...thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights likeTwhirlwinds go, 1030 Though billmen ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spearmen... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 782 pàgines
...the strife of death. The English shafts in volleys hail'd, In headlong charge their horse assail'd ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break...Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though hill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good 2 IMS.... | |
 | 1903 - 394 pàgines
...the strife of death. The English shafts in volleys hail'd, In headlong charge their horse assail'd ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break...Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill -men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their... | |
 | Joseph Bickersteth Mayor - 1903 - 188 pàgines
...wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind. POPE. And the whispering sound of the cool colonnade. COWPER. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging...knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the deadly blow, Unbroken was the ring. The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable... | |
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Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep 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, 10 Unbroken was the... 
