 | William Beattie - 1843 - 422 страници
...field, for in the words of the poet — The stubborn spearmen still made good Thcir dark impenctrable wood ; Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well. The Scottish army, however, dispirited by the loss of their king and his principal chiefs, abandoned... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1843 - 1154 страници
...knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; ****««* Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skill'd Napoleon... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1844 - 374 страници
...stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard fightLinked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire, like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king."* Of all the border battles,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 страници
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king. Then ekilful Surrey's... | |
 | William Beattie - 1844 - 432 страници
...stood The instant that he fell : No thought was there of dastard flight ; 1 .in], M in the serricd phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well. The Scottish army, however, dispirited by the loss of their king and his principal chiefs, abandoned... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 страници
...at this place in 1513, James IV. was defeated and slain, with the flower of the Scottish nobility. The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness clos'd her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king Then skilful Surrey's sage... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 772 страници
...impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there cf dastard flight: Link'd in the serried phalanx tight,...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's sage... | |
 | 1849 - 468 страници
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight — Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well, Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey 's sage... | |
 | 1850 - 862 страници
...where his comrade stood. The instant that he (ell. No thought was there of dastard flight : — Linked in the serried phalanx tight. Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well." The reverend gentleman resumed hie Feat amidst much applause. sie 317 The Rev. TF NEWMAN, of Shortwood,... | |
 | 1850 - 880 страници
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight :— Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, A« fearlessly and well." The reverend gentleman resumed his seat amidst much applause. Tho Rev. TF... | |
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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,... 
