 And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial shout, nor minstrel...  Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Pàgina 238per Nathan Drake - 1828Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 268 pàgines
...serried — close dissolve — melt "Bat, see ! look up — on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent." — And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the bill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke ; Volumed and vast, and rolling... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1876 - 446 pàgines
...No hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But see ! look up — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent." — And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial shoot, nor minstrel tone, Announced their march ; their tread alone, At times one warning trumpet blown,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 pàgines
...mighty minstrel : Battle of Flodden. ' But see ! look up — on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired e, And Kilmeny had seen what she could not declare ; Kilmeny had been where the cock never crew, fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pàgines
...minstrel : Battle of Flodden. ' Rut see ! look np— on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent1 Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows...hardly see, we feel that it is there. All the earth fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pàgines
...hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But, see ! look up — on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired hree hundred lines ; wreath 'd in sable smoke ; Volumed and vast, and rolling far. The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 742 pàgines
...No hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But, see! look up— on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent."— And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland^ s war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial shout, nor minstrel tone, Announced their... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 pàgines
...to-day. — But, see I look up — on Flodden bent. The Scottish foe has fired his tent."— And audden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All...Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland s war, As down the hill they broke; Nor martial shout, nor minstrel tone, Announced their... | |
 | sir Francis Hastings C. Doyle (2nd bart.) - 1877 - 316 pàgines
...hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But see ! look up ! — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent.' And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. &c. &c. We are not told whether this was a tactical scheme, adopted to baffle the English archers,... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1877 - 326 pàgines
...hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But see ! look up ! — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent." And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. &c. &c. We are not told whether this was a tactical scheme, adopted to baffle the English archers,... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 pàgines
...Scottish army set fire to their camp, to descend the hill under cover of the smoke.] KMGHTLY ABMS. And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of...to the banks of Till," Was wreathed in sable smoke; Volumcd and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's roar, As down the hill they broke;... | |
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