 That whistle garrisoned the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still ; Like the loose crags, whose threatening...  The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq - Sida 151efter Sir Walter Scott - 1818Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1810 - 538 sidor
...hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still. Like...passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mountaineer cast glance of pride Along Benledi's living... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 sidor
...hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still; Like...passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upo;; the mountain side they hung. The' mountaineer cast glance of pride Along- Benledi's living... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 sidor
...hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still. Like...o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could nrge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 458 sidor
...the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, AH silent there they stood and still. Like the loose...passage down the verge, ' With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mountaineer cast glance of pride Along Benledi's living... | |
 | 1811 - 868 sidor
...subierriinf on-» host had given. Watching their leader's beck aud will, All silent the.ie thi'y aloud and still ; Like the loose crags, whose threatening...hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could urge Their hcadliuiir p:ifsage eionn the. rcrge, With step and we..pon lui ward Цинк, Upon the mountain ti/it;... | |
 | 1811 - 872 sidor
...men, Aj 'rf the yawning hill to heaven A subterraneous host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will. All silent there they stood and still ; Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay lottering o'er lire hollow pass, As if an infant's touch could urge Their headlunx passage down thr... | |
 | 1822 - 780 sidor
...vast, agitated multitude, that hung, as " one of their own poets hath said," " Like the loose crag*, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge." The air ringing with glorious clamour of bugle and trumpet ; — troops moving backwards and forwards... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 sidor
...hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still. Like...tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's toueh could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the... | |
 | David Stewart - 1822 - 552 sidor
...and will, All silent then they stood, and still, Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass, Long tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's...passage down the verge; With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountains' sides they hung." * Yet the strength of this attachment and zeal did not... | |
 | 1822 - 828 sidor
...covered with a vast, agitated multi, i . s uilc, that hung, " as one of their own poets hath said," " Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering...o'er the hollow pass ; As if an infant's touch could urg Their headlong passage down 1 The air ringing with glorious clamour of bugle and trumpet; — troops... | |
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