 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
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 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,...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.... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1855 - 914 pages
...they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close. — * They close, in clouds of f moke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lance's thrust...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.... | |
 | John Menzies (of Edinburgh.) - 1855 - 142 pages
...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...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air." J/armwm. The Scottish right wing, consisting chiefly of Highlanders under the Earls of Lennox and Argyle,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1855 - 424 pages
...elose.— They elose, in elouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lanee's thrust; And sueh a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth,...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air; Oh, life and death were in the shont, Reeoil and rally, eharge and rout, XXVI. At length the freshening... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - Periodicals - 1855 - 706 pages
...was quite an uproar. ' Тпкт close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lances thrust ; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if ine.n fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air: Oh ! life and death were in the shout, Recoil... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 pages
...Jame§ did rnshins come. Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they dose. With sword-sway and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell was there. Of sudden aad portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in npper air ; Ob, life and death... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 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,...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air ; Oh I life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and roat, And triumph and despair.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 364 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,...men fought upon the earth And fiends in upper air ; Oh 1 life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...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. Long looked the anxious squires ; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. At length the freshening... | |
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