Ibid.—"Nor ceased the intermitted shot."
James.—Mr. Erskine contends that "intermitted" is redundant.
Scott.—"Nor ceased the storm of shell and shot."
Stanza X.—"—— Never shall our country say
We gave one inch of ground away,
When battling for her right."
James.—In conflict?
John B.—Warring? I am afraid battling must stand.
Scott.—All worse than the text.
Stanza XI.—"Peal'd wildly the imperial name."
James.—I submit with diffidence whether this be not a somewhat tame conclusion to so very animated a stanza? And, at any rate, you will observe, that as it stands, you have no rhyme whatever to "The Cohort eagles fly."—You have no rhyme to fly. Flew and fly, also, are perhaps too near, considering that each word closes a line of the same sort. I don't well like "Thus in a torrent," either. If it were, "In one broad torrent," etc., it strikes me that it would be more spirited.
Scott.—Granted as to most of these observations—Read, "in one dark torrent broad and strong," etc.—The "imperial name" is true, therefore must stand.