The book Hardyknute a Fragment of An Antient Scots Poem was written by author Elizabeth Wardlaw Here you can read free online of Hardyknute a Fragment of An Antient Scots Poem book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Hardyknute a Fragment of An Antient Scots Poem a good or bad book?
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The darts clove arrows as they met, The arrows dart the trie. Lang did they rage andficht full ferfs, With little skaith to man, But bludy, bludy was the field, Or that lang day was done. XXIV, The king of Scots that iindle bruikd The war that luikt lyke play, Drew his braid fword, and brake his bow, Sen bows feimt but delay: Quoth noble Rothfay, myne 1 11 keip, I wate its bled a fcore. Haft H A R D Y K N U T E. 1 7 Haft up my merry men, cryd the king, As he rade on before. XXV. The king of Nor...fe he focht to find, With him to menfe the faucht. But on his forehead there did licht A fharp unfonfie ftiaft; As he his hand put up to find The wound, an arrow kene, O waefou chance! there pinnd his hand In midft betwene his ene. XXVI. Revenge, revenge, cryd Rothfays heir. Your mail-coat fall nocht byde The ftrength and fharpnefs of my dart; 1 hen fent it throuch his fyde : E Another U8 Hardy KNUTE. ( Another arrow v/eil he markd, [ It perfit his neck in twa, ' His hands then quat the filver reins, He law as eard did fa, XXVII.
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