 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...Then stepp da gallant squire forth, Who said, I would not have it told VVitDerington was his name ; To Henry our King for shame, That e'er my captain fought on foot, I '11 do the best that do I may, And I stood looking on ; While I have power to stand ; You are two... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1859 - 344 pages
...set our men aside : »> "Accurs'd be he," Lord Piercy said, " By whom this is deny'd." Then stept a gallant squire forth, (Witherington was his name) Who said, " I would not have it told M To Henry our king for shame, " That ere my captaine fought on foot, And I stood looking on : You... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...shall die : I know thce well, an earl thou artj Lord Percy, so am I. But trust me, Percy, pity it were, That e'er my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on ; You be two earls, said Witherington, And I a squire alone : I'll do the best that do I may, While I have... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...whome this is denyed." Then stept a gallant squier forth, Witherington was his name, Who said, " I wold not have it told To Henry our king for shame, That e'er my captaine fought on foote, And I stood looking on. You two bee erles," quo' Witherington, " And I a... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...for which reason I dare not so much as quote it. Then slept a gallant 'squire forth. Withering ton sweetmeats. This, I say, is the state of ordinary Honry our king for shame. That e'er my captain fought on foot. And I stood looking on. We meet with... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...and I the battle try, And set our men aside. Accurst be he, Earl Percy said, By whom this is denied. Then stepp'da gallant squire forth, Witherington was...captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on; You be two earls, said Witherington, And I a squire alone: I'll do the best that do I may, While I have... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1858 - 264 pages
...set our men aside."— "Accursed be he," Earl Percy said, " By whom this is denied." Then stepped a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who...captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on.— You be two earls," quoth Witherington, " And I a squire alone : " I'll do the best that do I may, While... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...and I the battle try, And set our men aside, Accurst be he, Earl Percy said, By whom this is denied. Then stepp'da gallant squire forth, Witherington was...it told To Henry our king for shame. That e'er my cnptnin fnncht on foot, And I stood looking on; You be two earls, said Witherington, And I a squire... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1858 - 348 pages
...set our men aside : so "Accurs'd be he," Lord Piercy said, " By whom this is deny'd." Then stept a gallant squire forth, (Witherington was his name)...have it told » To Henry our king for shame, " That ere my captaine fought on foot, And I stood looking on : You be two earls," said Witherington, "And... | |
 | Graduated series - 1860 - 264 pages
...the battle try, And set our men aside." " A coward he," Lord Percy said, . " By whom this is denied." Then stepp'da gallant squire forth, Witherington was...e'er my captain fought on foot And I stood looking on ; Ye be two earls," said Witherington, " And I a squire alone : " I'll do my best, that do I may, While... | |
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By whom this is denied." Then stepped a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who said, " I would not have it told To Henry, our king, for shame, That e'er my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on. You... 
