 Percy present word He would prevent his sport. The English Earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.  Class-book of English Poetry - Page 141by English poetry - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...Englifli eail, not fearing this, Did to the woods rcfoi t, With fifteen hundred bowmen bold -, All chofen men of might, Who knew full well, in time of need, To aim their IhaftJ aright, l'he gíllant greyhounds fwiftly ran, To chafe the fallow deer : On Monday they began... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take. G 2 With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of...well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright. The hounds ran swiftly through the woods The nimble deer to take, And with their cries the hills and dales... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woodi Three summer's days to take. c2 With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well, in lime of need. To aim their shafts aright. The hounds ran swiftly through the woods The nimble deer... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...Northumberland • A vow to God did make, ' His pleasure in the Scottish woodi 4 Three summer's days to take. ' With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, ' All chosen men...time of need, ' To aim their shafts aright. ' The hounds ran swiftly through the woods, ' The nimble deer to take, 1 And with their cries the hills and... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...Northumberland ' A vow to God did make, ' His pleasure in the Scottish woodi ' Three summer's days to take. • With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, ' All chosen men...time of need, ' To aim their shafts aright. • The hounds ran swiftly through the wood», ' The nimble deer to take, 1 And with their cries the hills... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take. With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of...well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright. Tlic. hounds ran swiftly through the woods The nimble deer to take, And with their cries the hills... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Songs, English - 1810 - 232 pages
...woods Three summers days to take ; The chiefest harts in Chevy-chase To kill and bear away : These tidings to Earl Douglas came, In Scotland where he...prevent his sport : The English earl, not fearing this, Did to the woods resort, With fifteen hundred bowmen bold All chosen men of might, "Who knew... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take. With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of...well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright The hounds ran swiftly thro' the woods The nimble deer to take, And with their cries the hills and dales... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take. With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of...well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright. The hounds ran swiftly thro' the woods The nimble deer to take, And with their cries the hills and dales... | |
 | John Bell - Ballads, English - 1812 - 340 pages
...Miscellanies, there may be found a translation of Chevy Chase into Latin Rhymes, by Henry Bold, of New College. With fifteen hundred bowmen bold ; All chosen men...chase the fallow-deer ; On Monday they began to hunt, When day-light did appear ; And, long before high-noon, they had A hundred fat bucks slain ; Then,... | |
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