 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 Tourist in Europe: Or, A Concise Summary of the Various Routes, Objects ... - Page 140by George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - 1838 - 288 lehteFull view - About this book
 | James McCosh - 1851 - 526 lehte
...last start up before him. " Wild as the scream of the curlew From crag to crag the signal flew — Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets, and...and bended bows: On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe : From shingles gray their lances start — The bracken bush r-ends... | |
 | George Melly - 1851 - 352 lehte
...onslaught. The tocsin sounded by their voices elicited a prompt re• sponse ; and from every quarter — " On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe." At least fifty half-naked savages came rushing down, armed with murderous-looking clubs, and not a... | |
 | 1852 - 782 lehte
...he was answer'd 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...and bended bows ! On right, on left, above, below. Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start The brncken-bunh sends forth... | |
 | 1852 - 782 lehte
...Wild as Ihe scream of ihe curlew, From crag locrag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heaih, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ! On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles ггеу their lances start. Tin bnicken-buKh sends... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1853 - 404 lehte
...dark Sir Roderick ) >ana Ins hand. J his snvnge t nioflnm > Instant, through copse and heath, arosei Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on...lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, i MS. — From copse to copse the signal flew. Instant, through copse and crags, arose. The rnshes... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 334 lehte
...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...and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 lehte
...he was answer'd 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...and 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... | |
 | Charles Rogers - 1853 - 490 lehte
...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...and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; * The most beautiful of British shrubs, Hypericum andro&cemum,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 lehte
...CANTO. JOHN GILBERT. Here Vennachar in silver flows, There ridge on ridge Beuledi rose. BIRKET FOSTER. Instant, through copse and heath, arose' Bonnets and spears and bended bows. JOHN GILBERT. For this is Coilantogle ford, And thou must keep thee with thy sword. BIRKET FOSTER.... | |
 | George Payson - 1853 - 358 lehte
...apparition of Clan Alpine's warriors on the side of Benledi. Instant, through copse and heath, nrose Bonnets, and spears, and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe. From shingles gray these lances start ; The bracken bush sends forth... | |
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