...the strife of death. The English shafts in volleys hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break...fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing F O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's sage commands Led back from strife his...

...That fought around their king : But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights hke whirlwinds go, Though billmen ply the ghastly blow,...serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire hke knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded...

...where his comrade stood, 15 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 ; 20 Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king. Then skilful Surrey's...

...— (See Note 41.) " The English shafts in volleys hailed, In headlong charge their horse assailed ; Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well." Never in any engagement do we read of such havoc amongst the leaders of an army, excepting when Hannibal...

...charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring. 191 The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark,...tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearless and as well : Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king. *...

...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. N~o thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,...squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till alter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's sage commands...

...stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell. Ko thought was there of dastard flight; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight. Groom fought like noble,...fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wins O'er their thin host and wounded king." — Marmion, canto vi. Adjoining Coldstream is Lees (Sir...

...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, 35 As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King....

...battalion broken. As Sir Walter Scott says of Flodden — " 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 ; Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell." If the leading files, men and horses,...

...good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. 15 No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in...fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing 20 O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's sage commands Led back from strife...