 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...sun-beams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew^ Could plain their distant comrades view : Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke ; Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 320 pages
...were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view : Sadly tf> Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office here to...to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volutued and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view : B 354 MARMION. CANTO viSadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office here...— 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...sunheams now were hent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view : Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...spurs to-day. — But, see ! look up — on Flodden hent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent." And sudden, as he spoke, Prom the sharp ridges of the hill,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...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"—...of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreath'd in sable smoke ; Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...knew, Could plain their distant comrades view : Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy oifice here to stay ! " No hope of gilded spurs to-day. —...sharp ridges of the hill, All downward to the banks of Til], Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...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."—...to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...gun-beams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view ; c2 Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till Was wreath'd in sable smoke ; Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...sun-beams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view : Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke; Volumed, and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...sun-beams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view ; Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office...of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till Was wreath'd in sable smoke ; Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud envelop'd Scotland's war, As... | |
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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 and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial shout, nor minstrel... 
