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" With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spoke more words than these : Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall. "
The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII]. - Page 324
1803
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The Boy's Book of Ballads

Ballads, English - 1861 - 274 pages
...quoth Earl Percy then, Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot, That ever yet was born. With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English...Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow : Who never spake more words than these, Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Ix>rd Percy...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...saith Earl Percy then, " Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot That ever yet was born." With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English...Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spake more words than these — " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why my life is at an end ; Lord...
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Old English Ballads: A Collection of Favourite Ballads of the Olden Time

Ballads, English - 1863 - 302 pages
...Earl Piercy then, " Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot That ever yet was born." With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English...why, my life is at an end, Lord Piercy sees my fall." Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy life...
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Playtime with the poets: a selection of the best English poetry for the use ...

Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...Earl Percy then, " Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot, That ever yet was born." With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English...Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow : Who never spake more words than these, " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Lord Percy...
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Old English ballads, a collection

English ballads - 1864 - 306 pages
...Earl Piercy then, " Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot That ever yet was born." With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English...why, my life is at an end, Lord Piercy sees my fall." Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy life...
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English and Scottish Ballads, Volume 7

Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1864 - 348 pages
...Earl Piercy then, " Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot That ever yet was born." MO With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English...why, my life is at an end, Lord Piercy sees my fall. " Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand ; wo And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy...
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The Works of Joseph Addison Complete in Three Volumes Embracing ..., Volume 1

Joseph Addison - English essays - 1864 - 472 pages
...ev'ry side, No slackness there was found ; Ami many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground. 1 With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English...Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow.' /Eneas was wounded after the same manner by an unknown hand in the midst of a parley. Has inter voces,...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...an English bow, Which struck Erie Douglas to the heart, A deepe and deadlye blow : Who never spake more words than these, " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Lord Percy sees my fall." Then leaving liffe, Erie Percy tooke The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Erie...
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English and Scottish Ballads, Volume 7

Francis James Child - 1866 - 352 pages
...Earl Piercy then, " Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot That ever yet was born." With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English...why, my life is at an end, Lord Piercy sees my fall." Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy life...
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Class-book of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - 1866 - 194 pages
...Earl Percy then, " Thy proffer I do scorn ; I will not yield to any Scot That ever yet was born ! " With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English...Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow; Who never spake more words than these : " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end — Lord...
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