 | 1810 - 538 pages
...was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlicu, From crag to^crag the sig.-ial flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, vSprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...was answered from the hill ; Wild1 as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe.' After expanding and diversifying his illustration of this striking incident, the poet proceeds thus:—... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 pages
...was answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag- to crag the signal flew, Instant through copse and heath arose, Bonnets and...spears and bended bows; On right, on left, above below, . Sprang «p at once the lurking foe; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends... | |
 | 1811 - 868 pages
...was answered from the lull. Wild as the scream of the curucú, From cr.ig to trag ¡lie signal l!ew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...bows ; On right, on left, above, below, . Sprung up al once Ihe luAing foe. From shingles grey their lances srarr, The broken bush sends forth the dart,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...he was answer'd from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are... | |
 | David Stewart - 1822 - 658 pages
...from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew From crag to crag the signal flew ; Instant thro' copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended...above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingle* green the lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willow wand... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...FREEBOOTER. " Have, tben, thy wish !"— he whistled shrill, And he was enswen'd from the hill ; ****** Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...above, below. Sprung up at once the lurking; foe; From shingle* grey their lances start. The bracken bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willow-wand... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 pages
...was answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lane, s start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are... | |
 | David Stewart (Major-General.) - 1825 - 662 pages
...from the hill ; Wild as the scream of Ihe curlew From crag to crag the signal flew ; Instant thro' copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended...below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; From shingles green the lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling... | |
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Have then thy wish!' — He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on left, above,... 
