 Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then foot, and point, and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed.  The Lady of the Lake: A Poem - Page 211by Walter Scott - 1810 - 433 lehteFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 144 lehte
...eye opposed; In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dash'd aside ; For, train'd abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised... | |
 | Approved poetry - 1884 - 114 lehte
...and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. Ill-fared it then with Roderick Dhu That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and...was sword and shield. He practised every pass and word, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While, less expert, though stronger far, The Gael... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1884 - 630 lehte
...eye opposed;' In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dash'd aside ; For, train' d abroad his arms to wield, Fitz- James's blade was sword and shield. He... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1884 - 582 lehte
...opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. plain, XV. Ill fared it then with Boderick Dim, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bullhide Had death so often dash'd aside; Por, train'd abroad his arms to wield. Fitz-Iames's blade was sword and shield. He practiced... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 280 lehte
...darkly closed ! Ill fared it then | with Roderick Dim | That | on the field | his targe he threw, j Whose brazen studs | and tough bull-hide | Had death so often | dashed aside ; | 200 168 Kern, a foot soldier; a serf or slave. 175 Carpet-knight, a knight who knows nothing of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1885 - 296 lehte
...they darkly closed. xv. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, 380 Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so...sword and shield. He practised every pass and ward, 386 To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; 364. Truce. Temporary cessation of hostilities. —... | |
 | 1885 - 668 lehte
...tough bull-hide Had death so often dash'd aside; For, train'd abroad his arms to wield, Fitz- James's blade was sword and shield. He practised every pass...guard; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintain'd unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon's blade drank... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 lehte
...bull-hide Had death so often dash'd aside; i .ir, train'd abroad his arms to wield, ¡"itz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised every pass...and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard; \Yhile less expert, though stronger far, i he Gael maintain'd unequal war. Three times in closing strife... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 328 lehte
...strife they darkly closed. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, 85 Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so...dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, He practised every pass and ward, 90 To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While less expert,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 lehte
...and eye opposed, In dubious3 strife they darkly closed. Ill fared it then4 with Roderick Dim, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dashed aside ; 1 carpet-knight, a knight who enjoys ease and security, and has not known the hardships of the battle-field.... | |
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