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, below, Sprung up, at once,... The Lands of Scott - Seite 67von James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 508 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Scottish tourist - 1836 - 498 Seiten
...Clan-Alpin, and here, at the shrill whistle of .Roderick Dhu, and to the astonishment of Fitz-James, tf Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; Ou right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances... | |
| Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 Seiten
...../HI'.'," and was answered from the hill — we see the heath, broom and brachen forming the ambuscade. "Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray thcir lances start, The brachen bush sends forth the dart, And every tuft of broom gives life • To... | |
| 1837 - 236 Seiten
...and to the left is the spot where the poet places the rendezvous of the followers of Roderick Dhu : " 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... | |
| 1837 - 578 Seiten
...of Clan Alpine,' where, at the shrill whistle of Roderick Dhu, and to the surprise of Fitz James : 'Instant through copse and heath arose Bonnets, and...and bended bows; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth... | |
| 1837 - 594 Seiten
...shrill whistle of Roderick Dhu, and to the surprise of Fitz James : 'Instant through copse and he.-ilh arose Bonnets, and spears, and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey ihcir lances slart, The bracken bush sends forth... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 394 Seiten
...Chieftain and his band."— IX. " Have, then, thy wish!"— he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew,...bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 380 Seiten
...Chieftain and his band." — IX.. " Have, then, they wish!" he whistled shrill, And he was answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew,...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... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 Seiten
...wish!"— he whistled shrill. And he 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 bowl; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; From shingles gray their... | |
| George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - 1838 - 302 Seiten
...of Clan Alpine ' where, at the shrill whistle of Roderick Dhu, and to the surprise of Fitz James : "Instant through copse and heath arose Bonnets, and...and bended bows; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1838 - 268 Seiten
...wish!" — he whistled shrill, And he 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 hended hows ; On right, on left, ahove, helow, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey... | |
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