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... speed , unequall'd in the course , Thy faithful zeal , thy courage tried , Had made thee long the Percy's pride . He lov'd thy form ; for , Luath , thine Was trac'd in beauty's favorite line ; The keenness of thy tapering face , Thy ...
... speed , unequall'd in the course , Thy faithful zeal , thy courage tried , Had made thee long the Percy's pride . He lov'd thy form ; for , Luath , thine Was trac'd in beauty's favorite line ; The keenness of thy tapering face , Thy ...
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... ; And high yon steed his dark mane throws , As forth the stout Earl Percy goes . To horse to horse ! -mov'd man and steed With hurrying haste and eager speed ; While Percy , clad in arms complete , Sprung lightly THE DEPARTURE . 7.
... ; And high yon steed his dark mane throws , As forth the stout Earl Percy goes . To horse to horse ! -mov'd man and steed With hurrying haste and eager speed ; While Percy , clad in arms complete , Sprung lightly THE DEPARTURE . 7.
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... ; Nor deem it shame to those who fail'd , Where Luath's swiftness scarce avail'd To cross his onward path of fear , Or hang upon his harass'd rear . Thrice had he foil'd their utmost speed , And harbour'd 12 CHEVY CHASE .
... ; Nor deem it shame to those who fail'd , Where Luath's swiftness scarce avail'd To cross his onward path of fear , Or hang upon his harass'd rear . Thrice had he foil'd their utmost speed , And harbour'd 12 CHEVY CHASE .
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... speed , And harbour'd thrice in bower or mead , And thrice the hunter's loud recheat Had rous'd him from his close retreat- And hark ! again the forest rings , Again from transient rest he springs , And still maintains the hopeless ...
... speed , And harbour'd thrice in bower or mead , And thrice the hunter's loud recheat Had rous'd him from his close retreat- And hark ! again the forest rings , Again from transient rest he springs , And still maintains the hopeless ...
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... speed , He turns to meet the peril nigh , And gathers all his strength to die . Before yon oak , whose aged form Still mocks the raving of the storm , He firmly plants his desperate stand , And menaces the hunter - band . How wild his ...
... speed , He turns to meet the peril nigh , And gathers all his strength to die . Before yon oak , whose aged form Still mocks the raving of the storm , He firmly plants his desperate stand , And menaces the hunter - band . How wild his ...
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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.