 But see ! look up — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent." And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill,* All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed...  Marmion - Pagina 354door sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1877 - 326 pagina’s
...Marmion,' however, as I said before, it is a conference rather than a pure narrative that is set before us. Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, ' Unworthy office...to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. &c. &c. We are not told whether this was a tactical scheme, adopted to baffle the English archers,... | |
 | sir Francis Hastings C. Doyle (2nd bart.) - 1877 - 316 pagina’s
...Marmion,' however, as I said before, it is a conference rather than a pure narrative that is set before us. Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, ' Unworthy office...to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. &c. &c. We are not told whether this was a tactical scheme, adopted to baffle the English archers,... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.) - 1877 - 316 pagina’s
...Marmion,' however, as I said before, it is a conference rather than a pure narrative that is set before us. Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, ' Unworthy office...as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All dowAward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. &c. &c. We are not told whether this was... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 pagina’s
...sun-beams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant eomrades view . Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...stay ! No hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But, see I look up — on Flodden bent. The Scottish foe has fired his tent."— And audden, as he spoke, From... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pagina’s
...his poems and novels. THE BATTLE OF FLODDEN. (From Marmion, Canto vi.) And sudden, as he spoke, T?rom the sharp ridges of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. 15 Volumed, and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke;... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 pagina’s
...bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view 5 Sadly to Bloimt did Eustace say, " Unworthy office here to stay! No hope of gilded spurs to-day. But see! look up—on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent." 1 [The Scottish army set fire to their... | |
 | 1878 - 446 pagina’s
...sunbeams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view; Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...No hope of gilded spurs to-day.— But, see! look up—on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent."— And, sudden as he spoke, From the sharp... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 pagina’s
...command. — 18 — THE BATTLE OF FLODDEN FIELD1 AND DEATH OF MAEMION. From " Marmion," Canto VI. " Bur see ! look up ! on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent !"2 And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hilJ All downward to the banks of Till,3... | |
 | Thomas Nelson (and sons, ltd.) - 1879 - 200 pagina’s
..." But see ! look up ! — on Flodden bent8 The Scottish foe has fired his tent." And sudden, as he7 spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All downward...of Till Was 'wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud "enveloped Scotland's war,8 60 As down the hill they broke : Nor 'martial... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 392 pagina’s
...sunbeams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view ; Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office here to stay ! No hope of gilded spurs l2 to-day. — But, see 1 look up — on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent." — And,... | |
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