 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. 30 The Border slogan rent the sky. A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, No longer Blount the view could bear : " By Heaven and all its saints ! I swear I will not see it lost... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 pages
...fiercer grew Around the battle yell. The Border slogan rent the sky! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry; Loud were the clanging blows; Advanced, — forced...rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear : — " By heaven, and all its saints, I swear, I will not see... | |
 | Beauties - 1865 - 96 pages
...rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows ; The Battle of Flodden. Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high,...gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It waver'd mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear : — " By heaven, and all its saints !... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Political science - 1865 - 400 pages
..." The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging hlows : Advanced,— 'forced back, — now low, now high,...the bark's mast in the gale When rent are rigging, shronds, and sail, It wavered 'mid the foes." Pursuing the principle yet further, it is obvious that... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky ! "A Home ! a Gordon !" was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced...rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered 'mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear : — " By Heaven, and all its saints ! I swear, I will not see... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 792 pages
...iierrer grew Around the Battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky : A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced...mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and Eail. It wavered 'mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear . — " By heaven, and all its... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1866 - 614 pages
...fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced...mast in the gale. When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sau. It waver' d 'mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear : " By heaven and all its saints... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1866 - 436 pages
...systematically employed with great effect : " The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows : Advanced,— forced...pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the galo When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered 'mid the foes." Pursuing the principle yet... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 pages
...fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced...pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the pale, When rent are ringing, shrouds, and sail. It waver'd 'mid the foes. V л longer Blount the view... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 pages
...sky! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry: Loud were the clanging Hows; Advanced,—forced back,—now k*< now high. The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the pJ £ When rent are rigging, shrouds, ind su'< It waver'd 'mid the foes. I «ill not see it lost f... | |
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The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home! a Gordon! was the cry: Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail,... 
