 The border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail,...  Select Reviews - Página 351809Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | David Hoekzema - 1893 - 368 páginas
...With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky! A Home! a Gordon! was the cry: Loud were the clanging...gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It waver'd 'mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear: "By heaven and all its saints! I swear,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 268 páginas
...With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle yell. The Border slogan l rent the sky ! A Home! a Gordon! was the cry: Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now fow, now high. The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 páginas
...With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging...gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It waver'd mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear : — " By Heaven, and all its saints !... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1896 - 360 páginas
...border slogan rent the sky v , A Home'*! a Gordon* ' was the cry\; Loud' were the clanging blows v ; Advanced', — forced back\ — now low', — now high*, The pennon sunk' — and rose v ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale', When rent are riggings shroudsS and sail', It wavered 'mid... | |
 | Longman (Firm) - 1897 - 248 páginas
...rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows ; 140 The pennon sank and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, 145 It waver 'd 'mid the foes. THE LAST STAND. BY this, though deep the evening fell, Still rose the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1897 - 592 páginas
...With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging...blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 564 páginas
...With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle yell. The Border slogan rent the sky : A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging...rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered 'mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear : — " By heaven, and all its saints ! I swear, I will not see... | |
 | Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 394 páginas
...With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging...When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered ' -nid the foes. ***** By this, though deep the evening fell, Still rose the battle's deadly swell,... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1898 - 76 páginas
...is systematically employed with great effect : " The Border slogan rent the sky 1 A Nome! a Gordon I was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows : Advanced,—...rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered 'mid the foes." Pursuing the principle yet further, it is obvious that for producing the greatest effect, not only... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1898 - 392 páginas
...was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows; Advanced, forced back, now low, now high, The pennon sank and rose; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered 'rnid the foes. THE LAST STAND BY this, though deep the evening fell, Still rose the battle's deadly... | |
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