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... Scottish deer , The Earl had grasp'd his ashen spear ; His good yew - bow behind was slung , And loud his crowded quiver rung , As firmly to his manly side His staunch and sturdy blade he tied . And now before his castle gate , In pride ...
... Scottish deer , The Earl had grasp'd his ashen spear ; His good yew - bow behind was slung , And loud his crowded quiver rung , As firmly to his manly side His staunch and sturdy blade he tied . And now before his castle gate , In pride ...
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... Scottish woods lie far away ; Where I , three summer days , have sworn To drive the deer with hound and horn , And range their hills from morn to night , • In Scotland's , and Earl Douglas ' spite . 6 " To - day , my merry archers ...
... Scottish woods lie far away ; Where I , three summer days , have sworn To drive the deer with hound and horn , And range their hills from morn to night , • In Scotland's , and Earl Douglas ' spite . 6 " To - day , my merry archers ...
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... Scottish spears ! Their arms , that in the sun - beam shine , • Mark thro ' the woods their winding line ; 6 Where round that cliff the river flows Their course is bent .'- ' Then take your bows , ' Cried Percy , for a nobler game ...
... Scottish spears ! Their arms , that in the sun - beam shine , • Mark thro ' the woods their winding line ; 6 Where round that cliff the river flows Their course is bent .'- ' Then take your bows , ' Cried Percy , for a nobler game ...
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... Scot his pointed lance , And half each English bowman strain'd His stubborn yew , and half refrain'd . Three paces more , amidst the throng A thousand whistling shafts had sung ; F But three short steps , the Scottish spear Had charg'd ...
... Scot his pointed lance , And half each English bowman strain'd His stubborn yew , and half refrain'd . Three paces more , amidst the throng A thousand whistling shafts had sung ; F But three short steps , the Scottish spear Had charg'd ...
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... Scottish spear Had charg'd the foe in full career . With quicker foot the spearmen tread The space between - drawn to the head , The arrow in the archer's hand Leaps to the flight — scarce either band Withholds awhile the hot assault- 6 ...
... Scottish spear Had charg'd the foe in full career . With quicker foot the spearmen tread The space between - drawn to the head , The arrow in the archer's hand Leaps to the flight — scarce either band Withholds awhile the hot assault- 6 ...
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ancient ballad arms arrow BALLAD OF CHEVY Barons Battle of Otterbourne beneath blade blood bold brave captayns charger cheer CHEVY CHASE Chevy-Chase chiefest chieftain Chyviat clos'd cried dougheti dynt Earl Douglas Earl Percy earth Lord English archers fear feast fiercely fight Ford Castle forest fought gallant ground Haggerston hand hart heart hill hondrith honour hunt hunters king king of Spain knight kyng Lord James Lord James Douglas Lord Percy lord Persè loud lov'd lyffe Maxwell Montgomery morning mort is blown never noble Northumberland o'er owar Percy's poem recheat Robert of Scotland Rokeby rush'd sayd Scarce Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border shaft Sir Hewe Sir Philip Sydney slain slayne spear speed steed thear thee ther thorowe thre thro throng treble mort trusty turn'd uppone valiant warlike warrior wear Widdrington Witherington wold woods wounds wyll yerle Yngglishe
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Page 99 - The hunting of that day. The stout Earl of Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Page 105 - He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Page 94 - To have savyde thy lyffe I wolde have pertyde with My landes for years thre, For a better man, of hart nare of hande, Was not in all the north centre.
Page 100 - Did to the woods resort, With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright.
Page 98 - That tear begane this spurn: Old men that knowen the grownde well yenoughe, Call it the Battell of Otterburn. At Otterburn began this spurne Uppon a monnynday: no Ther was the dougghte Doglas slean, The Perse never went away. Ther was never a tym on the march partes Sen...
Page 106 - Against Sir Hugh Montgomery *So right the shaft he set, The gray goose wing that was thereon In his heart's blood was wet. 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.
Page 93 - I tolde it the beforne, That I wolde never yeldyde be To no man of a woman born.
Page 108 - God be with him, said our king, Sith it will noe better bee ; I trust I have, within my realme, Five hundred as good as hee...
Page 107 - I have not any captain more Of such account as he." Like tidings to King Henry came Within as short a space, That Percy of Northumberland Was slain in Chevy-Chase: "Now God be with him...
Page 82 - ... me ; and I will most willingly do all that you command me with the utmost loyalty in my power ; never doubt it, however I may feel myself unworthy of such a high distinction.