 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 sider
...— what, Warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall." Lord Marmion turn'd ; well was his need, And dash'd the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way sprung, The pond'rous grate behind him rung : To pass, there was such scanty room, The bars, descending, razed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 sider
...what, Warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall." Lord Marmion turned, — well was his need, And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way sprung, The ponderous grate hehind him rung : To pass there was such scanty room, The hars, descending, razed his plume. XV. The... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 sider
...what, Warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall." — Lord Marmion turn'd, — well was his need, And dash'd the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way sprung, The ponderous gate behind him rung : To pass there was such scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV.... | |
 | 1823 - 696 sider
...sends back a loud defiance to the Douglas. Lord Marmion tum'd, — well was his need, — And dash'd the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the archway...such scanty room The bars descending razed his plume. C. 6. Hœc auclax etiamnum in limine retro Vociferan«, jam tune impulsa per agmina prœceps, Evolat.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 sider
...— what, Warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall." Lord Marmion turn'd— well was his need, And dash'd the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way sprung, The ponderous gate behind him rung : To pass there was such scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. XV.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 sider
...what, Warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall."— Lord Marmion turn'd, — well was his need, And dash'd the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way...draw-bridge flies, Just as it trembled on the rise ; Nor lighter does the swallow skim Along the smooth lake's level brim : And when Lord Marmion reach'd... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 sider
...his need, And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch way sprung, The pond'rous grate behind him rung : To pass there was such scanty room, « The bars, descending, razed his plume* The steed along the drawbridge flies, Just as it tremble'd on the rise ; Not lighter does the swallow... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 sider
...grooms—what, warder, ho! Let the portcullis fall."— Lord Marmion turned,—well was his need, And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way...scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. The steed along the drawbridge flies, Just as it trembled on the rise; Not lighter does the swallow... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 430 sider
...of Bomhay, who, having refused to acknowledge Lord Marmion turn'd,—well was his need, And dash'd the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the archway sprung, The ponderous grate hehind him rung: To pass there was such scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume. the pre-eminence... | |
 | 1837 - 646 sider
...escape from the Castle of Douglas : — " Lord Marmion turn'd, — well was his need, — And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the arch-way sprung, The ponderous gate behind him rung; To pass there was such scanty room, The bars, descending, razed his plume." —... | |
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Lord Marmion turned — well was his need — And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the archway sprung, The ponderous grate behind him rung; To pass there was such scanty room, The bars descending razed his plume. 
