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 Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood.... Kilsyth: A Parish History - Página 70por Peter Anton - 1893 - 320 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1811 - 612 páginas
...whrre liis comrade stood " The instant that he fell. " No thought was there of dastard flight, " Link'd in the serried phalanx tight ; " Groom fought like...''• As fearlessly and well ; " Till utter darkness clot'd her wing " O'er their thin host and wounded king." . Scoffs Tale ttfFloitien. A little later... | |
| 1877 - 798 páginas
...where his comrade stood, The instant 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 well." Many hours of exhausting strife had now passed, and the hard-earned advantage was on the side of the... | |
| Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1904 - 400 páginas
...king. "The stubborn spearmen still made good, Their dark impenetrable wood ; Each stepping where hia comrade stood The instant that he fell, No thought...tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, AB fearlessly and well, Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and prostrate king."... | |
| Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 páginas
...where his comrade stood. The instant 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 and well." •with the Roman Consul Varro ; it was in fact the Scottish Cannae. Scarcely... | |
| William Martin - 1838 - 368 páginas
...English shafts in vollies hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed ; Front, flank, and rear, their squadrons sweep, To break the Scottish circle deep,...like noble, squire like knight, — As fearlessly as well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king ; Then skilful... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 92 páginas
...spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Eaeh stepping where his eomrade stood, The iustant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight...knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness elosed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's sage eommands Led haek... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1839 - 932 páginas
...where his comrade stood. The instant 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 well."* Nor did they cease fighting when James bit the dust with an English arrow sticking in his body, and... | |
| Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 1020 páginas
...these strange eruptions are. CMC*. 'Tis Cttsar that you mean ; is it not. Cassias ? JulttU CHAPTER I. The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well. Marmion. A YEAR had passed since Cromwell, invested with his new dignity of lord-lieutenant, landed... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 páginas
...strange eruptions are. Casca. 'Tis Caesar that you mean ; is it not, Cassius ? Julius C&sar. CHAPTER I. The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well. Marmion. A YEAR had passed since Cromwell, invested with his new dignity of lord-lieutenant, landed... | |
| James Orange - 1840 - 534 páginas
...stepping where his comrade stood The instant 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 well." 1521. Henry set himself as the defender of the catholic church, and 14th May began a persecution against... | |
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