 Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell.  The poetical works of Walter Scott - Page 201by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 548 pages
...Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring. The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in the sorried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 1020 pages
...these strange eruptions are. CMC*. 'Tis Cttsar that you mean ; is it not. Cassias ? JulttU CHAPTER I. The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 pages
...strange eruptions are. Casca. 'Tis Caesar that you mean ; is it not, Cassius ? Julius C&sar. CHAPTER I. The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 638 pages
...like whirlwinds go. Though hUlraen ply the ghastly blow. Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn epearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant th*t he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought... | |
 | William Beattie - 1842 - 398 pages
...left wing being victorious, he yet doubted the event of the field, for in the words of the poet — The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well. The Scottish army, however, dispirited by the loss of their king and his principal chiefs, abandoned... | |
 | 1842 - 694 pages
...go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken wag the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still make good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The moment that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom... | |
 | 1842 - 682 pages
...go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still make good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The moment that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom... | |
 | William Beattie - 1843 - 422 pages
...field, for in the words of the poet — The stubborn spearmen still made good Thcir dark impenctrable wood ; Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well. The Scottish army, however, dispirited by the loss of their king and his principal chiefs, abandoned... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...ghastly hlow, Unhroken was the ring ; The stuhhorn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrahle wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; — Linked in the serried phalanx tight. Groom fought like nohle, squire like knight, As fearlessly... | |
 | William Beattie - 1844 - 404 pages
...left wing being victorious, he yet doubted the event of the field, for in the words of the poet — " The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight Groom fought like-noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well." The Scottish army, however, dispirited by... | |
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