 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,...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 221by Walter Scott - 1855 - 840 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1810 - 538 lehte
...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 lehte
...bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the...every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 lehte
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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... | |
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