 The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...  The Spectator - Page 222by Joseph Addison - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Ritson - 1829 - 344 lehte
...courage none could stain : An English archer then perc'eiv'd The noble earl was slain : VOL. II. Q • He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : 180 Against sir Hugh Montgomery So right the shaft he set, The grey-goose-wing... | |
 | John Burke - 1832 - 712 lehte
...fell in the fight of Otterburn, and whose death is thus recorded in the old ballad of Chevy Chase, He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloath-yeard long Unto tbe head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Moutgomerie, So right his shaft he set, The... | |
 | 1832 - 282 lehte
...would have shined in Homer or in Virgil. ' So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain: An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent hi his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir... | |
 | 1835 - 182 lehte
...Chace. The old ballad says of the English archer, when he perceived that Lord Percy was killed : — " He had a bow bent in his hand Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to thu head drew he : Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey goose wing... | |
 | 1836 - 932 lehte
...Whose courage none could stain; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was slain. 1 He hait had seen the authors of them. Among several that I examined, I very well remember the bead drew be. • Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose wing that was... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 lehte
...die. Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then percciv'd The noble Earl was slain. 1 He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree,...the head drew he. 'Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So i flit his shaft he set, The (trey-goose wing that was thereon In his heart-blood was wet. •This... | |
 | 1837 - 850 lehte
...courage none could slain : - . ' An English archer then perceived His noble lord was slain, Who had a bew bent in his hand Made of a- trusty tree ; An arrow, of a cloth-yard long, Up to' the head dtàw he.; Against Sir Hugh Montgomery then So right his shaft he set, The gray .goose... | |
 | George Agar Hansard - 1840 - 594 lehte
...highly popular and pathetic ballad, how the gallant Percy was avenged. An English archer then perceived The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth yard long, Unto the head drew he. • Claudius, D. 2. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery, Aright the... | |
 | George Agar Hansard - 1840 - 570 lehte
...and pathetic ballad, how the gallant Percy was avenged. An English archer then perceived The nohle earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree; An arrow of a eloth yard long, Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery, Aright the shaft was set; The... | |
 | George Agar Hansard - 1841 - 574 lehte
...highly popular aud pathetic ballad, how the gallant Percy was avenged. An English archer then perceived The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth yard long, Unto the head drew he. • Claudius, D. 2. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery, Aright the... | |
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