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 billmen ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring;... Bentley's Miscellany - Página 5801842Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Howitt - 1840 - 540 páginas
...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...Unbroken was the ring. The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood. Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he... | |
| William Howitt - 1840 - 560 páginas
...and rear, the squadrons sweep, To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. lint yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging...Unbroken was the ring. The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood. Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he... | |
| James Orange - 1840 - 534 páginas
...flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, To hroak the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. But yet though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging...ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring : The stubborn still made good Their dark impregnable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that... | |
| 1840 - 378 páginas
...But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though billmcn ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The...impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight : Link'd in the serried phalanx tight,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 páginas
...Bank, and rear, the squadrons swt4-p To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their King. anks of death ; Flourished the trumpets fierce, and...clamours ring, * God and the Cause!'—' God and the Kin made good 6 Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he... | |
| Walter Scott - 1845 - 380 páginas
...But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though hill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The...impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight : Link'd in the serried phalanx tight,... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1842 - 718 páginas
...the countless squadrons of the Saracens. It is so strikingly similar to Scott's parallel account of the battle of Flodden Field, that the latter may serve...Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark im|ienetrable wood. Each stepping where hi- comrade stood The moment that he fell.... | |
| 1862 - 512 páginas
...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...Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark unpenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1843 - 1154 páginas
...if adequately directed, was destined in the end to take the lead in the deliverance of Europe. " " But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging...bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; ****««* Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1844 - 374 páginas
...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...Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good, Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he... | |
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