 Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their King. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the...  Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity - Page 321894Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, L Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; — I Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight) As fearlessly... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men deal the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; — I/inked in the serried phalanx tight, (¡room fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly... | |
 | Military art and science - 1811 - 612 pages
..." The stubburn spearmen still made good " Their dark impenetrable wood, " Each stepping whrre liis 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... | |
 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...of quarrel, we must admire the resolute struggle which all ranks, high and low, made for victory. " The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...ghastly hlow, Unhroken was the ring ; The stuhhorn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrahle wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant...dastard flight ; — Linked in the serried phalanx tifc.,t, Groom fought like nohle, squire like knight, 4 « fearlessly and well, Till utter darkness... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go. Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 pages
...the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark...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... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 pages
...honoured with the dust of the noble dead, and saturated with the best and bravest blood of Scotland. " The English shafts in volleys hailed. In headlong...that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight, I ,i nk'il in the serried phalanx tight Groom fought like noble, squire like knight As fearlesssly... | |
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