 | 1875 - 324 psl.
...Scotland's light. Then fell that spotless banner white, The Howard's lion fell. 6. Yet still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle yell. . The TJorder slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 psl.
...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 and rose... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1877 - 326 psl.
...smile, cheer' d Scotland's fight. But still Lord Marmion's falcon flew The Border slogan rent the sky ! Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It waver'd 'mid its... | |
 | sir Francis Hastings C. Doyle (2nd bart.) - 1877 - 316 psl.
...smile, cheer'd Scotland's fight. But still Lord Marmion's falcon flew The Border slogan rent the sky ! Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It waver'd 'mid its... | |
 | 1878 - 446 psl.
...Scotland's fight. Then fell that spotless banner white, The Howard's lion fell; Yet still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 362 psl.
...favor' she must comev; make her laugh at that\ IV. DESCRIPTION OF A BATTLE. Yet still Lord Marmion's falcon flew' With wavering flight\ while fiercer grew...the battle yell. The border slogan rent the sky\ A Honiev! a Gordonv! was the cryv; Loud' were the clanging blowsv; Advanced', — forced back\ — now... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 psl.
...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 : [high Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now The pennon sunk and rose ; SCOTT. 31 As bends the... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1881 - 80 psl.
...in " The Battle of Flodden Field," the like order is systematically employed with great effect : " The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon...Loud were the clanging blows : Advanced,— forced lack, — now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale When rent... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1882 - 420 psl.
...brave Floated like foam upon the wave; Yet still amid the tumult high England saw Marmion's pennon fly. The border slogan rent the sky: "A Home! a Gordon!...— forced back, — now low, now high, The pennon sank and rose; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, -and sail, It... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 474 psl.
...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...blows ; Advanced,- — forced back, — now low, now The pennon sunk and rose ; [high, As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds,... | |
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The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows! 
