 | Historical ballads - 1882 - 308 psl.
...Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-veil The Border slogan1 rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud...— 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 wavered... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 684 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 Around the battle- yell. The Bonier slogan rent the sky : A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 684 psl.
...wavering- flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. The Border slogan rent tlic sky ! A Home ! я Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced,— forced back, -now low, iiuw high, The pennon Mink and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging,... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1884 - 360 psl.
...still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew 320 Around the battle-yell. 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 waverM... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1884 - 198 psl.
...spotless banner white, Yet still Lord. Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew 210 Around the battle yell. The Border slogan rent the...Gordon!" was the cry; Loud were the clanging blows; Advanced,—forced back,—now low, now high, 215 The pennon sunk and rose; As bends the bark's mast... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1885 - 352 psl.
...still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. SK> The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon...Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, It wavered mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear : ' By heaven and all its saints ! I... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1885 - 556 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...Around the battle yell. The border slogan rent the sky 1 A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 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 : The pennon sunk and rose; As bends the bark's-mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and... | |
 | Powys-land Club - 1888 - 452 psl.
...We are interested in the ambiguous device, that was raised on high in many a well-fought field — " Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced — forced back — now low, now high, The pennon sank and rose. As bends the bark's mast in the gale, VS'heu rent are rigging, shrouds, anil sail, It... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1889 - 336 psl.
...still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew Around the battle-yell. 810 The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon...back, — now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose ; 815 As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It waver'd 'mid... | |
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The Border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry ; Loud were the clanging blows! 
