 | Elizabeth M. Stewart - 1843 - 366 pages
...The cries of men lying in their gore. And scattered here and there. They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found, And many a gallant gentleman, Lay gasping on the ground. CUEVT CHASE. IT was a sharp morning at the end of January, and a sunbeam as bright, though not as fervid,... | |
 | Sir Henry Cole - 1844 - 70 pages
...sharp blows, a heavy shower, On shields and helmets light.] They closed full fast on every side, 125 No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. O Christ ! It was a grief to see, And likewise for to hear, 130 The cries of men lying in their gore,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...blows, a heavy shower, On shields and helmets light. They closed full fast on everye side, Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. Alack ! it was a griefe to see, How each one chose his spere, And how the blood out of their brests... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1844 - 178 pages
...blows, a heavy shower, On shields and helmets light. They closed full fast on everye side, Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. O Christ ! it was a griefe to see, How each one chose his spere, And how the blood out of their brests... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...moved with mickle might Their speres to shivers went. They clos'd full fast on every side, Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. O Christ ! it was a griefe to see, And likewise for to heare, The cries of men lying in their gore,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...And now sharp blows, a heavy shower, On shields and helmets light.3 They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. 1 Bent— hillside, declivity, field of battle. 8 Ware — wary, cautious. 3 The four preceding stanzas... | |
 | 1846 - 430 pages
...moved with mickle might Their speres to shivers went. They clos'd full fast on every side, Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. O Christ ! it was a griefe to see, And likewise for to heare, The cries of men lying in their gore,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...throwing aside their bows, engaged in close contest with sword and axe : — The battle closed on every side, No slackness there was found, And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. O, but it was a grief to see, And likewise for to hear, The cries of men lying in their gore, And scatter'd... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...blows, a heavy shower, On shields and helmets light. They closed full fast on everye side, Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. Alack! it was a griefe to see, How each one chose his spere, And how the blood out of their brests... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...Tls£ -i??"^' -^j^s^-TJX »•*£»£ •°-**^w, ., j - id *bf **!t ^J'JJ, «^S-/' "" \ yt> POETRY FOR With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English...bow, •*• Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, i A deep and deadly blow : / Who never spoke more words than these, Fight on, my merry men all ! For... | |
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They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. 
