...ground his scabbard threw, Each look'd to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might sec again ; Then, foot, and point, and eye opposed In...brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often du-liM aside ; For, Irain'd abroad his arms to wield, Filz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised...

...persons by whom they were spoken. 3. Description of the Fight between Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field...dashed aside ; For trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to...

...his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Bach looked to sun, and stream, and plai% As what they ne'er might see again; Then foot, and...eye opposed,, In dubious strife they darkly closed. El fared it then with Koderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough...

...falchion drew, Then each to earth his scabbard threw : Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain As things they ne'er might see again: Then foot, and point,...eye opposed In dubious strife they darkly closed. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank blood : No stinted draught,...

...falchion drew, Then each to earth his scabbard threw : Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain As things they ne'er might see again: Then foot, and point,...eye opposed In dubious strife they darkly closed. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank blood : No stinted draught,...

...hilt." — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...dashed aside; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to...

...RODERICK DHU. Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what, they ne'er...dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield ; He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to...

...hilt to hilt." Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...they darkly closed. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dim, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often...

...hilt." 7. Then each at once his falchioni2 drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. 8. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and...

...the shield, exposed too much of their person. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dim, That on the ground his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dashed aside. In his notes to the poem Sir Walter Scott says of it, " a round target of light wood, covered with...