Each warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood ; Sunk brand, and spear, and bended bow, In osiers pale and copses low ; It seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth. The poetical works of Walter Scott - Page 16by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Full view - About this book
| 1810 - 538 pages
...Short space he stood — then waved his hand : Down sunk the disappearing band ; Eacli warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood...spear and bended bow, In osiers pale and copses low ; 1 1 seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth. The wind's last breath had... | |
| Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...Short space he stood — then waved his hand : .Down sunk the disappearing band ; Each warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood...and bended bow, In osiers pale and copses low ; It seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth. The wind's last breath had tossed... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...Short space he stood — then waved his hand : Down sunk the disappearing band ; Each warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood...and bended bow, In osiers pale and copses low ; It seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth. The wind's last breath had tossed... | |
| 1811 - 868 pages
...waived his hand: ' Down sunk the disappearing band ; Kach warrior vanished where he stood, In tirooni or bracken, heath or wood ; Sunk brand and spear and bended bow, In osiers pale and copses low : It seemed as if th ir iut>ih"r earth Had swallowed up he: ^vailikt* biith. The wind's last b:ihtli had... | |
| Religion - 1811 - 872 pages
...эрлсе he stood— then waived his band: Down sunk the disappearing band ; Each warrior vanished wlirre he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood ; Sunk brand and spear and bended bow, In oslen pale and copses low : It seemed as if their mother earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth.... | |
| Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steelShort space he stood— then waved his hand : Down sunk the disappearing band ;...spear and bended bow, In osiers pale and copses low; U seem'il as if their mother Earth Had swallow'd up her warlike birth. The wind's list breath had toss'J... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...disappearing band ; Each warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood ; Sank brand and spear and bended bow, In osiers pale and copses low ; It seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth. The wind's last breath had toss'd... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...Shorl space he stood— then waved his hand Down sunk the disappearing baud; Each warrior vauish'd where he stood. In broom or bracken, heath or wood , Sunk brand and spear 3I1<1 bended Ityw, In osiers pale and copses low; It seern'd as if their mother Karth Had swallow M... | |
| Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Short space he stood — then waved his hand : Down sunk the disappearing band;...copses low; It seem'd as if their mother Earth Had swallow' d up her warlike birth. The wind's last breath had toss'd in air, Pennon, and plaid, and plumage... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 380 pages
...stern joy which warriors feel In foeinen worthy of their steel. Short space he stood — then waived his hand : Down sunk the disappearing band : Each...warlike birth. The wind's last breath had toss'd in air, Peunon, and plaid, and plumage fair, — The next but swept a lone-hill-side, Where heath and fern... | |
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