At length the freshening western blast Aside the shroud of battle cast; And first the ridge of mingled spears Above the brightening cloud appears; And in the smoke the pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea-mew. Then marked they, dashing broad and... Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field - Seite 180von Walter Scott - 1893 - 194 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...brightening cloud appears ; And in the smoke the pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea-mew. Then marked ese are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of ware ; But nought distinct they see : "Wide raged the battle on the plain ; Spears shook, and falchions... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 Seiten
...Expanded, shine with azure, green, and gold, How blessings brighten as they take their flight ! 8. And in the smoke the pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea-mew. 4. Then marked they dashing broad and far The broken billows of the war, And plumed crests of chieftains... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 Seiten
...plumes Expanded, shine with azure, green, and gold, How blessings brighten as they take their flight! 3. And in the smoke the pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea-mew. 4. Then marked they dashing broad and far The broken billows of the war, And plumed crests of chieftains... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 Seiten
...the darkness nought descry. At length the freshening western blast Aside the shroud of battle cast; And, first, the ridge of mingled spears Above the...pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea-mew. Then marked they, dashing broad and far, The broken billows of the war, And plumed crests of chieftains... | |
| Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 Seiten
...thrust; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And, first, the ridge of mingled spears Above the...pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea-mew. Then marked they, dashing broad and far, The broken billows of the war, And plumed crests of chieftains... | |
| Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 Seiten
...darkness naught descry. XXVI At length the freshening western blast Aside the shroud of battle cast ; And, first, the ridge of mingled spears* Above the brightening cloud appears ; the dan of Ilomer to those of Mr, Souther, then Is none, in oar opinion, at all comparable, for interest... | |
| Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 Seiten
...the darkness nought descry. At length the freshening western blast Aside the shroud of battle cast : And, first, the ridge of mingled spears, Above the...The broken billows of the war. And plumed crests of chieftain's brave, Floating like foam upon the wave ; But nought distinct they see. Wide raged the... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 Seiten
...darkness nought descry. XXVI. At length the freshening western blast Aside the shroud of battle cast ; And, first, the ridge of mingled spears Above the brightening cloud appears ; And in the smoke the pennous flew, As in the storm the white sea-mew. Then mark'd they, dashing broad and far, The broken... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 Seiten
...darkness naught descry. XXVL At length the freshening western blast Aside the sliroud of battle cast ; And, first, the ridge of mingled spears' Above the brightening cloud appears ; the day« of Homer to thow of Mr. Soother, there to none, la oar opinion, at all comparable, for... | |
| John Ruskin - 1856 - 450 Seiten
...discernible what the bearing was. " At length, the freshening western blast Aside the shroud of battle cast ; And first the ridge of mingled spears Above the brightening...pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea-mew ; Then marked they, dashing broad and far The broken billows of the war. Wide raged the battle on the plain... | |
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