 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 fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial shout, nor minstrel...  Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Page 238by Nathan Drake - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...his poems and novels. THE BATTLE OF FLODDEN. (From Marmion, Canto vi.) And sudden, as he spoke, T?rom the sharp ridges of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. 15 Volumed, and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke;... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.) - English poetry - 1877 - 316 pages
...hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But see ! look up ! — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent.' And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All dowAward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. &c. &c. We are not told whether this was... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...No hope of gilded spurs to-day.— But, see! look up—on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent."— And, sudden as he spoke, From the sharp...of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke; Nor marshal... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 392 pages
...hope of gilded spurs l2 to-day. — But, see 1 look up — on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent." — And, sudden as he spoke, From the sharp...of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor marshal... | |
 | Thomas Nelson (and sons, ltd.) - Readers - 1879 - 200 pages
..." But see ! look up ! — on Flodden bent8 The Scottish foe has fired his tent." And sudden, as he7 spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All downward...of Till Was 'wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud "enveloped Scotland's war,8 60 As down the hill they broke : Nor 'martial... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - English poetry - 1880 - 326 pages
...! No hope of gilded spurs to-day. But see ! look up — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent.' And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...No hope of gilded spurs to-day. But, see ! look up — on Flodden bent,* The Scottish foe has fired his tent.' And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke; Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...No hope of gilded spurs to-day.— But see ! look up — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent." And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and fast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial... | |
 | James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 pages
...BATTLE OF FLODDEN.1 (Sln W. SCoTT.) ' BUT, see ! look up — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent ; ' And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...to the banks of Till, "Was wreathed in sable smoke. 1 In the year 1315 James IV. of Scotland invaded England with an army of fifty thousand men. He posted... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 660 pages
...No hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But, see! look up— on Flodden bent, The Scottish foe has fired his tent." — And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp...enveloped Scotland's war, As down the hill they broke l Nor martial shout, nor minstrel tone, Announced their march ; their tread alone, At times one warning... | |
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