 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...nobles die, Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose wing that... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...Whose courage none could stain : ' Ari English archer then perceiv'd ' The noble earl was slain. ' He had a bow bent in his hand, ' Made of a trusty tree, ' An arrow of a cloth-yard long ' Unto the head drew he. ' Against Sir Hugh Montgomery ' So right his shaft he set, , ' The gray-goose... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...' Whose courage none could stain : 4 An English archer then perceiv'd ' The noble earl was slain. ' He had a bow bent in his hand, ' Made of a trusty tree, f ' An arrow of a cloth-yard long ' Unto the head drew he. ' Against Sir Hugh Montgomery 4 So right... | |
 | Susannah Watts - 1804 - 164 pages
...will ever secure the preference to the latter weapon, which, though as commonly used, perhaps less * " He had a bow bent in his hand, " Made of a trusty...arrow of a cloth-yard long, " Up to the head drew he:" CHEVY CHACE, Certain, of hitting the mark, is howevef capable of doing much execution at double the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...nobles die. Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The gray-goose wing,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...courage none could »lain; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain. . ' He had a how bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew be. ' Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right hi» shaft be set, The grey-goose wing... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 756 pages
...country, at the field of Otterburn, where his death is particularly remarked in this old heroic poem, lie had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloath-yeard long Into the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery, So right his shaft he set, The... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 156 pages
...dye, Whose eourage none could staine : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was slaine: 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 hee : Against Sir Hugh Mountgomery, So right the shaft he sett, The grey goose-wing that was thereon,... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - Otterburn, Battle of, 1388, in literature - 1813 - 128 pages
...dye, Whose courage none could staine : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was slaine: 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 hee : Against Sir Hugh Mountgomery, So right the shaft he sett,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...eourage none eould stain. An English areher then pereeived The nohle Earl was slain ; He had a how hent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a eloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right the shaft he set, The... | |
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He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree; An arrow of a cloth-yard long To the hard head haled he. 
