 | Old nursery songs - 1869 - 348 pages
...heavier 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. Woe's me ! It was a grief to see, And likewise for to hear, The cries of men lying in their gore, And... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - English literature - 1870 - 482 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. O Christ ! it was a griefe to see, And likewise for to heare, The cries of men lying in their gore, And scattered here... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1876 - 630 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. 0 Christ ! it was a griefe to see, And likewise for to heare, The cries of men lying in their gore,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 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 was a grief to see How each one chose his spear, And how the blood out of their breasts... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1877 - 80 pages
...heavy shower, On shields and helmets light. 124 They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. 128 0 God ! it was a grief to see, And likewise for to hear, The cries of men lying in their gore,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 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 was a grief to see How each one chose his spear, And how the blood out of their breasts... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1877 - 552 pages
...with mickle pride, The spears to shivers sent. They clos'd full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. 0 Christ ! it was a grief to see, And likewise for to hear The cries of men lying in their gore, And... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 318 pages
...to see, Bright swords on basnets light. 120 They clos'd full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. In sooth, it was a grief to see, 125 How each man chose his spear, And how the blood out of their breasts... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1858 - 714 pages
...with mickle pride The spears to shivers sent. They clos'd full fast on every side, No slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping...was a grief to see, And likewise for to hear, The cries of men lying in their gore, And scatter'd here and there. At last these two stout earls did meet... | |
 | English poetry - 1880 - 486 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. O Christ l it was a griefe to see, And likewise for to heare, The cries of men lying in their gore, And scattered... | |
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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. 
