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" 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. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the... "
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The poetical works of sir Walter Scott

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1872 - 848 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight : J.mk'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,...wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's sage commands I<ed back from strife his shatter'd bands; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves, from wasted...
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Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales: North

John Timbs - 1872 - 602 pages
...dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like kni'jht, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed...O'er their thin host and wounded king. Then skilful Suirey's sage commands Ix:d back from strife his shatter'd bands ; And from the charge they drew, As...
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Marmion. With notes and analytical and explanatory index, Issue 642

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1873 - 264 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,...skilful Surrey's sage commands Led back from strife his shatter*d bands ; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves, from wasted lands, Sweep back to...
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A Handbook for Travellers in Durham and Northumberland

John Murray (Firm) - 1873 - 502 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,...skilful Surrey's sage commands Led back from strife his shatter'd bands ; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves from wasted lands Sweep back to...
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The History of Civilisation in Scotland, Volume 1

John Mackintosh - 1892 - 488 pages
...stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight, Link'd in the serried phalanx tight ; Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well."4 At length the King himself fell mortally wounded in the head within a spear's length of the...
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Hoekzema's Gleanings from English Poetry

David Hoekzema - 1893 - 368 pages
...where his comrade stood , The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Link'J in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble,...skilful Surrey's sage commands Led back from strife his shatter'd bands; And from the charge they drew, As mountain- waves, from wasted lands, Sweep back to...
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Kilsyth: A Parish History

Peter Anton - 1893 - 352 pages
...good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight, Linked in the...closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King." The Fourth Laird : — Having married a daughter of the House of Montrose, the hero of Flodden was...
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Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field

Walter Scott - 1893 - 214 pages
...stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; LinkM in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, Then skilful Surrey's sage commands Led back from strife his shatter'd bands ; And from the charge...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 pages
...of dastard flight; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire likeknight As fearlessly and well; Till utter darkness closed...wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's sage commands Led hack from strife his shatter'd bands; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves, from wasted...
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Some of Our English Poets

Charles Dent Bell - 1895 - 296 pages
...good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the...her wing, O'er their thin host and wounded king." In his monograph on Scott in the " English Men of Letters," Mr. Hutton tells the following anecdote...
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