 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 284 Seiten
...to read Scott's poetry should begin with the " Lay." From opening to close it never falters : — " Nine and twenty knights of fame Hung their shields...Branksome Hall; Nine and twenty squires of name Brought their steeds to bower from sta'l, Nine and twenty yeomen tall Wailed, duteous, on them all. . . . Ten... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 232 Seiten
...poetry should begin with the " Lay." From opening to close it never falters :— " Nine and twenly knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall; Nine and twenty squires of name Brought their steeds to bower from stall, Nine and twenty yeomen tall Wailed, duteous, on them all. . . . Ten... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1894 - 248 Seiten
...sounds which promised that the best battle-poetry in the English tongue was about to be written. ' Nine and twenty knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall. . . . Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword and spur on heel ; They quitted not their... | |
 | William Marvel Nevin - 1895 - 526 Seiten
...the same spirited style and flowing rhythm, though nearly four hundred years had intervened. Thus: Nine and twenty knights of fame Hung their shields...were all knights of metal true Kinsmen to the bold Bucclcuh. • Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword and spur on heel ; They quitted... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1899 - 220 Seiten
...Nine-and-twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds to bower from stall ; Nine-and-twenty yeomen tall 5 Waited, duteous, on them all : They were all knights...Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. IV Ten of them were sheath 'd in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither... | |
 | William Clarke Robinson - 1900 - 220 Seiten
...Hall ; Nine-and-twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds to bower from stall ; Nine-and-twenty yeomen tall Waited duteous on them all : They were all knights of mettle true, Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 782 Seiten
...B. Nine-and-twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds to bower from stall ; Nine-and-twenty yeomen tall Waited, duteous, on them all : They were all knights of mettle true, Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. IV. Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword,... | |
 | Percival Chubb - 1902 - 448 Seiten
...Canto. What brave music ! What clinking of armor and champing of steeds resound through it all ! — " Nine and twenty knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall." Alack for the boy or girl whose heart does not beat time to the tramp and tread of the numbers ! And... | |
 | Frank Roy Fraprie - 1907 - 512 Seiten
...Hall; Nine-and-twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds to bower from stall ; Nine-and-twenty yeomen tall Waited duteous on them all ; They were all knights of mettle true, Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. " Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 Seiten
...Branksome Nine-and-twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds to bower from stall ; Nine-and-twenty mettle true, Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. Ten of them were sheath'd in steel, With belted sword,... | |
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Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night ; They lay down to rest, With corslet laced... 
