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" [swords} drew And on the French they flew: Not one was tardy. Arms were from the shoulders sent Scalps to the teeth were rent, Down the French peasants went: Our men were hardy. And many a deep wound lent; His arms with blood besprent, And many a cruel... "
Some Longer Elizabethan Poems - Page 402
edited by - 1903 - 441 pages
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...English hearts, Stuck close together. [DRAYTON When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows o bewray our loves, In questions, purpose, or in drawing gloves. The no shoulders sent, Scalps to the teeth were rent, Down the French peasants went, Our men were hardy. This...
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Henry of Monmouth: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry ..., Volume 2

James Endell Tyler - 1838 - 464 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew ;— Not one was tardy; Arms were from shoulders sent, Scalps to the teeth were rent; Down the French peasants went:— Our men were hardy....
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Henry of Monmouth: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry ..., Volume 2

James Endell Tyler - 1838 - 512 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew ;— Not one was tardy ; Arms were from shoulders sent, Scalps to the teeth were rent; Down the French peasants went :— Our men were hardy....
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The Book of Archery

George Agar Hansard - Archery - 1840 - 594 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilboes drew, And on the French they flew, Not one was tardy ; Arms were from shoulders sent, Scalps to the teeth were rent; Down the French peasants went: This while our noble...
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The Book of Archery

George Agar Hansard - Archery - 1840 - 570 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilboes drew, And on the French they flew, Not one was tardy ; Arms were from shoulders sent, Scalps to the teeth were rent; Down the French peasants went: This while our noble...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1880 - 576 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew, Not one was tardy; Arms were from shoulders sent, Scalps to the teeth were rent, Down the French peasants went, Our men were hardy. Upon...
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic

Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...true English hearts, 'Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew, Not one was tardy; Arms were from shoulders sent, Scalps to the teeth were rent, Down the French peasants went— Our men were hardy....
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Penny readings in prose and verse, selected and ed. by J.E. Carpenter, Volume 5

Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...manly parts, And like true English hearts, When down their bows they throw, And forth their billows drew, And on the French they flew, Not one was tardy ; Arms were from shoulders sent, Scalps to the teeth were rent, Down the French peasants went— Our men were hardy....
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A household book of English poetry, selected with notes by R.C. Trench

Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. So When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew ; Not one was tardy ; Arms were from shoulders sent; 85 Scalps to the teeth were rent, Down the French peasants went, Our men were hardy....
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A Household Book of English Poetry

Richard Chenevix Trench - English poetry - 1870 - 472 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. 80 When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew ; Not one was tardy; Arms were from shoulders sent; 85 Scalps to the teeth were rent, Down the French peasants went, Our men were hardy....
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