Chevy Chase,: A Poem. Founded on the Ancient Ballad.. |
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... in light esteem , • Content to let the bravest bleed 6 6 At will of friend or foeman's need . And much I fear , that warlike lord Forfeits for once his plighted word , " On honour of a true - born knight To E 2 THE RENCOUNTER. ...
... in light esteem , • Content to let the bravest bleed 6 6 At will of friend or foeman's need . And much I fear , that warlike lord Forfeits for once his plighted word , " On honour of a true - born knight To E 2 THE RENCOUNTER. ...
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... knight To meet me here ere fall of night : • For well it might my purpose suit • To challenge here his brisk salute , And welcome him with greeting warm , • As best becomes a soldier's arm . ' He paus❜d - At once his hand was laid ...
... knight To meet me here ere fall of night : • For well it might my purpose suit • To challenge here his brisk salute , And welcome him with greeting warm , • As best becomes a soldier's arm . ' He paus❜d - At once his hand was laid ...
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... knight of Scotland rode : 6 6 6 6 6 Here let him stay , ' he cry'd aloud ; Here , comrades , let the dastard shroud His head , who tamely stands to stare At perils which he fears to share . • Scots ! who would rather act than view 6 The ...
... knight of Scotland rode : 6 6 6 6 6 Here let him stay , ' he cry'd aloud ; Here , comrades , let the dastard shroud His head , who tamely stands to stare At perils which he fears to share . • Scots ! who would rather act than view 6 The ...
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... rage ; On the rash knight his red eye glar'd— Ill had it with Montgomery far'd ; By Douglas ' hand his friend had died ; When as blown in by wind and tide , Down ancient Deva's narrow bed The sea - flow rears 48 CHEVY CHASE .
... rage ; On the rash knight his red eye glar'd— Ill had it with Montgomery far'd ; By Douglas ' hand his friend had died ; When as blown in by wind and tide , Down ancient Deva's narrow bed The sea - flow rears 48 CHEVY CHASE .
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... knights , like angry lions , rush'd- Their weapons fell — the warm blood gush'd . No feign'd advance , no quick recoil , No fence was there , or artful foil , But stiffly foot to foot they close , And give and take a storm of blows . At ...
... knights , like angry lions , rush'd- Their weapons fell — the warm blood gush'd . No feign'd advance , no quick recoil , No fence was there , or artful foil , But stiffly foot to foot they close , And give and take a storm of blows . At ...
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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.