 | Hudson Maxim - 1910 - 352 ページ
...agony." And as further illustrating this point, he quotes a passage from "The Battle of Flodden Field": "The Border slogan rent the sky! A Home! a Gordon! was the cry; Loud were the clanging blows: Advanced—forced back—now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose; As bends the bark's mast in the... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1910 - 470 ページ
...systematically employed with great effect : " The Border slogan rent the sky I A Home I a Gordon I was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced,— forced back, — now low, now higlt, The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale When rent are rigging, shrouds,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1911 - 280 ページ
...standard was beaten down, and he himself narrowly escaped to the division of his brother, the admiral. With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle yell. The Border slogan l rent the sky ! ' A Home! a Gordon! was the cry: Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced... | |
 | Vere Henry Collins - 1914 - 198 ページ
...Yet still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows ; too Advanc'd, forc'd back, now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast... | |
 | Niels Nielsen - 1927 - 610 ページ
...bugle blast, Advancing from the wood were seen (The L ay). slogan var et gammelt skotsk krigsraab: The Border slogan rent the sky: A Home! a Gordon was the cry (M armion). Ordet har forovrigt haft en mærkelig skæbne. Efter W eekley (More Words Ancient and Modem)... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 ページ
...favor7 she must comex; make her laugh at that\ IV. DESCRIPTION OF A BATTLE. Yet still Lord Marmion's falcon flew' With wavering flight\ while fiercer grew...border slogan rent the sky\ A Home^! a Gordon^! was the cryv; Loud7 were the clanging blowsx; Advanced', — forced back\ — now low', — now high\ The pennon... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 2003 - 258 ページ
...Yet still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell, The Border slogan rent the sky! A Home! a Gordon! was the cry: Loud were the clanging blows; Advanc'd, forc'd back, now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose; As bends the bark's mast in the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1921 - 316 ページ
...Yet still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home! a Gordon! was the cry: 15 Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, The pennon sunk... | |
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The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows! 
