 O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's sage commands Led back from strife his shatter'd bands ; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves from wasted lands Sweep back to ocean blue. Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their...  The national and domestic history of England - Seite 237von William Hickman S. Aubrey - 1878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Bailey - 1866 - 456 Seiten
...are metaphorical. " Again, to take an instance of the other kind : " They melted from the field, a» snow, When streams are swoln, and south winds blow, Dissolves in silent dew." Marmion. Of the words here put in italics, the former is a metaphor, the latter introduces a comparison."*... | |
 | Ebenezer Forsyth - 1867 - 148 Seiten
...bands ; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves, from wasted lands, Sweep back to ocean blue. Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their King,...Lords, their mightiest, low, They melted from the field like snow, When streams afe swoln and south winds blow, Dissolved in silent dew. Tweed's echoes heard... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 Seiten
...40 And from the charge they drew, As mountain- waves, from wasted lands, Sweep back to ocean blue. Then did their loss his foemen know, Their King, their Lords, their mightiest low, 45 They melted from the field, as snow, When streams are swoln and south winds blow, Dissolves in silent... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 536 Seiten
...bands; And from the charge they drew. As mountain-waves, from wasted lauds, Sweep back to ocean bine. Then did their loss his foemen know; Their King, their...their mightiest low, They melted from the field as snoiy, When streams are swohi and south winds blow Dissolves in silent dew. Tweed's echoes heard the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1869 - 244 Seiten
...; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves, from wasted lauds, 25 Sweep back to ocean blue. Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their King,...They melted from the field as snow, When streams are swoll'n and south winds blow, 30 Dissolves in silent dew. Tweed's echoes heard the ceaseless plash,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 Seiten
...bands ; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves, from wasted lands, Sweep back to ocean blue. Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their king,...heard the ceaseless plash, While many a broken band, Disorder'd, through her currents dash, To gain the Scottish land : To town and tower, to down and dale,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 798 Seiten
...bands ; And from the charge they drew, As monntain-waves, from wasted lands, Sweep back to ocean blne. Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their King,...from the field, as snow, When streams are swoln and sonth winds blow, Tweed's echoes heard the ceaseless plash, While many a broken band, Disordered, throngh... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...bands ; And from the charge they drew, As mountain-waves, from wasted lands, Sweep back to ocean blue. Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their king,...swoln, and south winds blow, Dissolves in silent dew. 13. Tweed's echoes heard the ceaseless plash, While many a broken band, Disorder^, through her cunents... | |
 | Edward Charlton - 1871 - 190 Seiten
...wasted lands Sweep back. to ocean blue. Then did theirUoss his foemen know ; Their King, their_Lordg, their mightiest low, They melted from the field as...heard the ceaseless plash, While many a broken band, Dissorder'd though her currents dash, 28 THE BATTLE OF FLODDEN. To town and tower, to down and dale,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 602 Seiten
...bands ; And from the charge they drew, As mountain waves from wasted lands Sweep back to ocean blue. Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their king,...They melted from the field as snow, When streams are swollen and soft winds blow, Dissolves in silent dew. Tweed's echoes heard the ceaseless plash, While... | |
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