...a heavy shower, On shields and helmets light.] They clos'd full fast on every e 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,...

...see." " No, Douglas," saith Earl Piercy then, '' Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart,A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spake more words than these : " Fight on, my merry men all...

...bright; And now sharp blows, a 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...

...death, representing to them, as the most bitter 5 circumstances of it, that his rival saw him fall. With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English...Earl Douglas to the heart A deep and deadly blow. i^ Who never spoke more words than these, Fight on my merry men all, , For why, my life is at an end,...

...At the first flight of arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found : And many a gallant...Earl Douglas to the heart A deep and deadly blow. .<£neas was wounded after the same manner by an unknown hand in the midst of a parley. Has inter voces,...

...At the first flight of arrows sent, Full threescore Scots they slew. They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. O Christ ! it was a grief to see, And likewise for to hear, The cries of men lying in their gore, And...

...iambic threes, the latter rhyming ; or two lines of iambic sevens: (4 xa, 3 xa; or 7 # a); thus, — " With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English...Earl Douglas to the heart A deep and deadly blow." — Chevy Chase. Sometimes the fours rhyme as well as the threes. As this stanza is also used in psalms...

...quoth Earl Percy then, "Thy proffer I do scorn; I will not yield to any Scot That ever yet was born!" With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas on the breast A deep and deadly blow; I40 Who never said more words than these, " Fight on, my merry...

...Percy then, ' Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot 135 That ever yet was born ! ' With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas on the breast A deep and deadly blow ; 140 Who never spake more words than these, ' Fight on, my merry...

...quoth Earl Percy then, " Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot That ever yet was born." With that there came an arrow keen, Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas on the breast A deep and deadly blow. Who never said more words than these : " Fight on, iny merry...