...rock : — " Wild as the scream of the cnrlew, From crag to crag the signal flew — Instant, thro' copse and heath, arose. Bonnets, and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe." Not sooner sprang the kilted clansman into...

...dark and brackens green. The Mountaineer then whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Instant through copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows, And every tuft of broom gave life To plaided warrior armed for strife Watching their Leader's beck...

...sudden appearance of the clans at the summons of Roderick Dhu m Scott's " Lady of the Lake." :— " Instant through copse and heath arose, Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe. And every tuft of browse gives life To pi...

...answer'd from the hill ; [shrill, 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 lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The...

...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 lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The...

...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, lielow, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start,...

...which we read of in the Lady of the Lake : " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Instant through copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; That whistle manned the lonely glen At once with twice five hundred men." Promptness is power. Where...

...which we read of in the Lady of the Lake : " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; . ; That whistle manned the lonely glen At once with twice five hundred men." Promptness is power. Where...

...Fitz-James, and again disappeared at their chieftain's signal. When " From crag to crag the signal flew — Instant through copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows. The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life...

...put Poets love to dwell on the glories of the feudal times, when at the call of a Roderick Dhu — * Instant, through copse and heath, arose, Bonnets and spears, and bended bows, — And every tuft of broom gave life To plaided warrior armed for strife,' It may be very pleasant...