 | Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1853 - 464 pages
...heavy shower, On shields and helmets light.* They closed full fast on everye side, Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. • The four preceding stanzas, taken chiefly from the old l'. Hi.,,!, were introduced by Dr. Percy,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. They clos'd full fast on ev'ry side. No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. With that there came an arrow keen Oat of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A... | |
 | 1853 - 524 pages
...arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. They clos'd full fast on ev'ry side, No slackness there was found; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. They clos'd full fast on every side, No slackness there was found And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart A... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 620 pages
...arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. * They clos'd full fast on ev'ry side, No slackness there was found; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. 1 V. No. 70, note on this stanza, p. 207. — G. 222 SPECTATOR. [No. 74. With that there came an arrow... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - United States - 1854 - 622 pages
...side, No slackness there was found And many a gallant gentleman Luy gasping on ihe ground. O dryad ! it was a grief to see, And likewise for to hear The cries of men lying in their gore And scattered here mid there. — Ctiery Ckisr. EVERY corps was now... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. They clos'd full fast on ev'ry side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. . V. No. 70, note on this stanza, p. 207.— O. With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. They clos'd full fast on ev'ry side, No slackness there was found; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. With that there come an arrow kccu Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart A... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...heavy shower, On shields and helmets light. They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. In truth ! it wag a grief to see How each one chose his spear, And how the blood out of their breasts... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 pages
...arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart A... | |
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They clos'd full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. 
