 King James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close. They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there Of sudden and portentous birth, As if...  Conrad Blessington; a tale by a lady - Page 36by Conrad Blessington (fict.name.) - 1833 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Cann Bailey - English poetry - 1911 - 232 pages
...better for the fighting spirit which is the raw material of victory than to the battle-pieces of Scott ? They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air; 0! life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Perhaps... | |
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1911 - 280 pages
...foes, Until at weapon-point they close. — They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway 2 and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell was there,...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air ; Oh, life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.... | |
 | English poetry - 1911 - 242 pages
...James did rushing come. 50 Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close. They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway,...and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell was there, 55 Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air. At length... | |
 | William Fitzwilliam Elliot - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1911 - 256 pages
...rushing come. — Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close. — They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lance's thrust.' That the camp was fired is testified to by Halle, Holinshed, and Buchanan, but these authorities differ... | |
 | English poetry - 1912 - 572 pages
...James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear or see their foes Until at weapon-point they close. — They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air: Oh! life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
 | Arthur Eustace Morgan - 1912 - 198 pages
...rushing come. — Scarce could they hear or see their foes, Until at weapon -point they close. — They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway,...a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, 1 As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air ; Oh 1 life and death were in the shout,... | |
 | Percy Adams Hutchinson - English poetry - 1912 - 572 pages
...James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear or see their foes Until at weapon-point they close. — They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust; And fiends in upper air: Oh! life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph... | |
 | William Stebbing - English poetry - 1913 - 448 pages
...later battle — Modden — as fitfully descried by Marmion's Squires from a neighbouring hill-top : They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway,...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air ; O life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. At... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - Literary Criticism - 1913 - 672 pages
...of Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field: — " They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword sway and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell was there,...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air; And in the smoke the pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea mew." The Lady of tlie Lake, an extremely... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - Literary Criticism - 1913 - 678 pages
...Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field: '• — "They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword sway and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell was there,...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air ; And in the smoke the pennons flew, As in the storm the white sea mew." The Lady of the Lake, an extremely... | |
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