He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once... The birds of Aristophanes - Page 110by Aristophanes, W. C. Green - 1879 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
| David Stewart - Clans - 1822 - 552 pages
...as graphical a picture as words can convey. " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew From crag to crag the signal flew ; Instant thro' copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows, Taymouth, was immediately... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...and his band.' IX. ' Have, then, thy wish !' Jie whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...— IX. •• Have, then, thy wish !» — he whistled shrill, And he was answer'd from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on left, above,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...wind, prophesy, ion of man, and say to the wind, Tkw uilh thi Loud God; Coma from the four winds, () re. flew.3 Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and beaded bows ; On right, on left,... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...and his band." — " Have then thy wish !" he whistled shrill, And he was answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...and his hand." IX. " Have then thy wish T— he whistled shriU, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets, and spears, and hended howa • On right, on left,... | |
| William Gilmore Simms - Generals - 1844 - 384 pages
...reminded of the signal of Roderick Dhu : — " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill, Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag, the signal flew.' His expeditions were frequently long, and his men, hurrying forth without due preparation, not unfrequently... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...and his band." — " Have then thy wish !" he whistled shrill, And he was answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew; Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above,... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...in.) CLAN-ALPINE. "Have, then, thy wish !" — He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets, and spears, and bended bows ; On right, on left, above,... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...his clan. " ' Have, then, thy wish !' — He whistled shrill : And he was answer'd from the hill ! Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ! On right, on left, above,... | |
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