 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; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their...  Oliver Cromwell: An Historical Romance - Page 223de Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 360 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go. Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 530 pages
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spear-men Mill made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. i No thought was there of dastard flight; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,... | |
 | 1894 - 672 pages
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring : The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...noble, squire like knight. As fearlessly and well ; ' Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king.' The night was now closing... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; •5 The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that be fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 pages
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly bloWj Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. Ko thought was there of dastard flight; Liok'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 pages
...Though 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, I ,i nk'il in the serried phalanx tight Groom fought like noble, squire like knight As fearlesssly... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1904 - 400 pages
...carnage in which the flower of the nobility of Scotland fell, round the standard of their fallen king. "The stubborn spearmen still made good, Their dark impenetrable wood ; Each stepping where hia comrade stood The instant that he fell, No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the... | |
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