 Have, then, thy wish!"— he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above,...  Poetical works. With illustr - Page 139by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 538 pages
...below, vSprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand...brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife-. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with full five hundred men, As... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...wish !" — he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curliou, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through...brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if... | |
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...wish !" — he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through...lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...wish !"— he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through...lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...wish!" he whistled shrill. And he was answered from the hill ; Wild1 as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through...above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe.' After expanding and diversifying his illustration of this striking incident, the poet proceeds thus:—... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...thy wish !' he whistled shrill. And he was answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag- to crag the signal flew, Instant through...spears and bended bows; On right, on left, above below, . Sprang «p at once the lurking foe; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...wish!"—he whistled shrill, And he was answer'd from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through...brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with full Jive hundred men, As if... | |
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...from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew From crag to crag the signal flew ; Instant thro' copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended...above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingle* green the lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willow wand... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...FREEBOOTER. " Have, tben, thy wish !"— he whistled shrill, And he was enswen'd from the hill ; ****** Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...above, below. Sprung up at once the lurking; foe; From shingle* grey their lances start. The bracken bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willow-wand... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...wish ! — 'he whistled shrill And he was answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through...at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lane, s start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling... | |
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