 That whistle garrisoned the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood, and still. Like the loose crags, whose threatening...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2631822Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood, and still. Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mountaineer cast glance of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 440 pages
...given. Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still Like the loose crags whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow...infant's touch could urge Their headlong passage down the ver^e, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mountaineer cast glance... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood and still, Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge. The Mountaineer cast glance of pride Along Benledi's living side, Then fixed his eye and sable brow Full... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 pages
...Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood, and still. Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The Mountaineer cast glance of... | |
 | Richard Vasey - 1858 - 132 pages
...All silent there they stood and still ; Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering on the hollow pass ; As if an infant's touch could urge Their headlong passage down the verge. SCoTT. Alas, th& death ! alas, mine Emily ! Alas, departing of our company ! Alas, mine hearte' 's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pages
...stiwil, uiul still. Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow puss, A> if an infant's touch could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward filing, Upon the mountain-side they him:;. The Mountaineer cast glance... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1860 - 372 pages
...beck and will, All silent there they stood, and still ; Like the loose crags, whose threat'ning maai Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward Hung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mounlaincer cast glance of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 pages
...beck and will, All silent there they stood and still. Like the loose crags whose threatening nw«a Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mountaineer cast glance of... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...Watching their leader's beck and will, All silent there they stood, and still, Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The Mountaineer cast glance of... | |
 | John Baptist Austin - 1863 - 136 pages
...of Sir Walter Scott's descriptions of Highland scenery : — "The looee crags whose threatening mats Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's...could urge Their headlong passage down the verge." Many of the surrounding hills are similar in their appearance, and the view from the Sir Dominick is... | |
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