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... side come 2 mony man To behald wha the battel wan . The field was in the meadow green , Quhare everie man micht weil be seen : The heraldis put tham sa in order , That na man past within the border , Warriors . 8 Came . & Pressed the ...
... side come 2 mony man To behald wha the battel wan . The field was in the meadow green , Quhare everie man micht weil be seen : The heraldis put tham sa in order , That na man past within the border , Warriors . 8 Came . & Pressed the ...
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... side . Throughout the English archery They dealt full many a wound : But still our valiant Englishmen All firmly kept their ground : 1 The four stanzas here inclosed in Brackets , which are borrowed chiefly from the ancient Copy , are ...
... side . Throughout the English archery They dealt full many a wound : But still our valiant Englishmen All firmly kept their ground : 1 The four stanzas here inclosed in Brackets , which are borrowed chiefly from the ancient Copy , are ...
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... side , Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground . O Christ ! it was a griefe to see , And likewise for to heare , The cries of men lying in their gore , And scattered here and there . At last ...
... side , Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground . O Christ ! it was a griefe to see , And likewise for to heare , The cries of men lying in their gore , And scattered here and there . At last ...
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... side A large cloth - yard , and more . So thus did both these nobles dye , Whose courage none could staine : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble erle was slaine ; He had a bow bent in his hand , Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow ...
... side A large cloth - yard , and more . So thus did both these nobles dye , Whose courage none could staine : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble erle was slaine ; He had a bow bent in his hand , Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow ...
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... sides were torn . " O where will I get a gude sailor , To take my helm in hand , Til I get up to the tall top - mast ... side , But still the sea came in . O laith , laith , were our gude Scots lords To weet their cork - heel'd shoon ...
... sides were torn . " O where will I get a gude sailor , To take my helm in hand , Til I get up to the tall top - mast ... side , But still the sea came in . O laith , laith , were our gude Scots lords To weet their cork - heel'd shoon ...
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Page 110 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Page 5 - There was a sound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again ; And all went merry as a marriage-bell, But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
Page 12 - Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear, Until we hardly see, we feel that it is there.
Page 6 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!
Page 106 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 89 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 116 - Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 111 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's...