 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
 | William Ernest Henley - American poetry - 1891 - 404 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; O life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1891 - 300 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 ; O life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1892 - 260 pages
...foes, Until at weapon-point they close. — They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, \Yith 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 wPre in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.... | |
 | David Hoekzema - English poetry - 1893 - 368 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; O life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
 | Charlton Thomas Lewis - Germany - 1894 - 842 pages
...the air; and it doubtless suggested to the poet of "Marmion" an image in his spirited battle-piece : "They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway,...And such a yell was there Of sudden and portentous liirth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air." The king built of the trappings... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 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,...and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there, l >f sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air; O life... | |
 | 1897 - 248 pages
...they close. — They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lance's thrust ; 90 And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air ; O life and death were in the shout, 95 Eecoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1897 - 328 pages
...did rushing come. Scarce could they hear or see their foes Until at weapon-point they close. — 760 They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway...and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell was there, 1 Gilded spurs: " no hope of gilded spurs, " — no hope of our winning the honor of knighthood (of... | |
 | Longman (Firm) - Readers - 1897 - 248 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 ; 90 And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And... | |
 | Mowbray Morris - English poetry - 1898 - 394 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 !... | |
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