 | Henry Major - 1873 - 168 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight. Groom fought like noble, squire like knight,— As fearlessly as well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king ; Then skilful... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1874 - 336 pages
...!' "1 > [MS.—" But still upon the darkening heath."] > [MS.—" Ever the stubborn spears made good The instant that he fell. No thought was there of...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's... | |
 | Mowbray Morris - English poetry - 1898 - 394 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - Battles - 1898 - 392 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well." — SCOTT. NAPOLEON'S infantry had failed to capture either Hougoumont or La Haye Sainte, which was... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 564 pages
...stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king. Then skillful Surrey's... | |
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1899 - 370 pages
...snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, 10 Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good...noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing 20 O'er their thin host and wounded King. Then skilful Surrey's... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king. Then skillful Surrey's... | |
 | James Hay - Novelists, Scottish - 1899 - 378 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king. * * * * Tradition, legend,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...stepping where his comrade stood The moment that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king. Then skillful Surrey's... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 458 pages
...where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king. Then skillful Surrey's... | |
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But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood,... 
