...England's — fly, To Dacre bear my signet ring : 3 Tell him his squadrons up to bring. — Fitz-Eustace, to Lord Surrey hie ; Tunstall lies dead upon the field,...spotless shield : Edmund is down ; my life is reft ; 4 The Admiral alone is left. Let Stanley charge with spur of fire, — With Chester charge, and Lancashire,...

...quotes these verses : — " Tunstall lies dead upon the field, His life-blood stains the »potless shield : Edmund is down : — my life is reft ; The...Scotland's central host, Or victory and England's lost." And then he adds, " That is, no doubt, as vigorous as possible, as spiriteu as possible : it is exceedingly...

...on which it is founded. Mr Arnold has quoted these lines (from Marmion vi. 29) as typical of Scott: Tunstall lies dead upon the field, His life-blood stains the spotless shield: Edmund is down—my life is reft—• The Admiral alone is left. He makes two remarks upon them,—that the...

...England's — fly, to Dacre bear my signet ring : tell him his squadrons up to bring. Fitz-Eustace, to Lord Surrey hie ; Tunstall lies dead upon the field,...full upon Scotland's central host, or victory and England 's lost. Must I bid twice? — hence, varlets! fly! leave Marmion here alone — to die." They...

...Surely it must have been the chapter of Floddeii's' stubborn battle, a noble piece of battle-poetry. ' Let Stanley charge with spur of fire— with Chester charge and Lancashire.' Think of hearing Sir Walter's trumpeting lines—' of gallant Gordons many a one, and many a rugged...

...take Scott's poetry at its best ; and when it is at its best, it is undoubtedly very good indeed : — Tunstall lies dead upon the field, His life-blood stains the spotless shield ; 1 Marmion, canto vi. 38. Edmund is down, — my life is reft, — The Admiral alone is left. Let...

...upon the field, His lifeblood stains the spotless shield ; 885 Edmund is down ; my life is reft ; 3 The Admiral alone is left. Let Stanley charge with...and Lancashire, Full upon Scotland's central host, 890 Or victory and England's lost. — Must I bid twice ? — hence, varlets !4 fly ! — Leave Marmion...

...tribute to the victorious English leaders on Flodden Field, Howard and Stanley, and their kinsmen : — Let Stanley charge with spur of fire, With Chester...Scotland's central host, Or victory and England's lost. The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And Stanley was the cry...

...England's — fly, To Dacre bear my signet ring : 10 Tell him his squadrons up to bring. — Fitz-Eustace, to Lord Surrey hie ; Tunstall lies dead upon the field,...Scotland's central host, Or victory and England's lost. — 20 Must I bid twice ?— hence, varlets ! fly ! Leave Marmion here alone — to die." They parted,...

...pieces of the two there exists all the difference which there is between an able work and a masterpiece. Tunstall lies dead upon the field, His lifeblood stains...— my life is reft, — The Admiral alone is left. — " For not in the hands of Diomede the son of Tydeus rages the spear, to ward off destruction from...