 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose... | |
 | Susannah Watts - 1804 - 164 pages
...preference to the latter weapon, which, though as commonly used, perhaps less * " He had a bow bent in his hand, " Made of a trusty tree ; " An arrow of a cloth-yard long, " Up to the head drew he:" CHEVY CHACE, Certain, of hitting the mark, is howevef capable... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Songs, English - 1810 - 232 pages
...courage none could stain : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain : He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : . . Against sir Hugh Montgomery, So right the shaft he set,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...none could »lain; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain. . ' He had a how bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew be. ' Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right hi» shaft be set, The... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The gray-goose... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 756 pages
...of Otterburn, where his death is particularly remarked in this old heroic poem, lie had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloath-yeard long Into the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery, So right his shaft he set, The... | |
 | John Bell - Ballads, English - 1812 - 340 pages
...courage none could stain : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain : He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : Against sir Hugh Montgomery, So right the shaft he set, The... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - Otterburn, Battle of, 1388, in literature - 1813 - 128 pages
...courage none could staine : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was slaine: He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth -yard long Up to the head drew hee : Against Sir Hugh Mountgomery, So right the shaft he sett,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...courage none could stain : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain : He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right the shaft he set, The... | |
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The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he... 
