Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and PoetryThe section on Clopton Hall was written by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was the first work of hers that was not a collaboration and was published. |
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Page 193 - Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their King. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell.
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Page 193 - Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King.
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| Title | Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry Volume 1 of Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battlefields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry, William Howitt |
| Author | William Howitt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Aug 31, 2007 |
| Length | 528 pages |
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