 | Ballads, English - 1723 - 348 pages
...Shaft he fet, The grey Goofe-wing that was thereon, In his Heart's Blood was wet. This Fight did laft from Break of Day, Till Setting of the Sun ; For when they rung the Ev'ning-Bell, The Battel fcarce was done. With the Earl Pierty, there was flain Sir John of Ogerton,... | |
 | Ambrose Philips - Ballads, English - 1723 - 346 pages
...Shaft he fet, The grey Goofe-wing that was thereon, In his Heart's Blood was wet. This Fight did lafl from Break of Day, Till Setting of the Sun ; For when they rang the Ev'ning-Bell, The Battel fcarce was done. With the Earl Piercy, there was flain Sir John of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose wing that was thereon In his heart-blood was wet. This...day Till setting of the sun ; For when they rung the ev'ning bell The battle scarce was done. One may observe likewise, that in the catalogue of the slain,... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose wing that was thereon In his heart-blood was wet. This...day Till setting of the sun ; For when they rung the ev'ning bell The battle scarce was done. One may observe likewise, that in the catalogue of the slain,... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...Montgomery ' So right his shaft he set, , ' The gray-goose wing that was thereom ' In his heart -blood was wet. ' This fight did last from break of day '...Till setting of the sun ; ' For when they rung the ev'ning bell ' The battle scarce was done. One may observe likewise, that in the catalogue of the slain... | |
 | Vincenzo Monti - Bassville, Nicolas Jean Hugo de, d. 1793, in fiction, drama, poetry, etc - 1805 - 204 pages
...Witherington, Who died upon his stumps ; His widow married in ar week To cure her doleful dumps. The fight did last from break of day Till setting of the sun, The ev'ning bells rung merrily, Oh ! it was glorious fun, &c. But there is a more important business... | |
 | Vincenzo Monti - 1805 - 204 pages
...Witheringtonj Who died upon his stumps ; His widow married in a week To cure her doleful dumps. The fight did last from break of day Till setting of the sun, The ev'ning bells rung merrily, Oh ! it was glorious fun, &c. But there is a more important business... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The gray-goose wing, that was thereon, In Ins heart-blood was wet. This fight did last from break...day Till setting of the sun ; For when they rung the evening bell, The battle scarce was done. One may observe likewise, that in the catalogue of the ,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...his shaft he set, The gray-goose wing, that was thereon, \ ^ In his heart-blood was wet. s *•*"*' This fight did last from break of day Till setting of the sun ; For when they rung the evening bell, The battle scarce was done. One may observe likewise, that in the catalogue of the slain,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...drew he : Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right the shaft he set, The grey-goose-wing that was thereon This fight did last from break of day Till setting of the sun ; For when they rung the evening bell, * The battle scarce was done. With the Earl Percy there was slain Sir John of Ogerton,... | |
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The noble Earl was slain : He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long... 
