"Tressured" Quotes from Famous Books
... valley; Thousands, on their bended knees, Saw once more that stately ensign Waving in the northern breeze, When the noble Tullibardine Stood beneath its weltering fold, With the Ruddy Lion ramping In the field of tressured gold, When the mighty heart of Scotland, All too big to slumber more, Burst in wrath and exultation, Like a huge volcano's roar? There they stand, the battered columns, Underneath the murky sky, In the hush of desperation, Not to conquer, ... — Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems • W.E. Aytoun |