 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,...  The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 147by Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 582 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 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. XXVII. At length the... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 710 pages
...Until at weapon-point they close. — They close in cloud* of smoke and dust, With •word-sway.and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there, Of...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air. Longlmikcdthcanxioussejuircs; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. At length the freshening... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...did rushing come. — Scarce could they hear or see their foes, Pntil 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. Ixing looked the anxious squires; their cy Could in the darkness nought descry. At length the freshening... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 494 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 cyy Could in the darkness nought descry. At length the freshening... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...rushing come. — Scarce could they hear, or aee their foes, Until at weapon-point they close. — They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway,...And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous hirth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air. Long looked the anxious squires ;... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...from his mountain-throne They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lances thrust; 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, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...from his mountain-throne I They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lances thrust; 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, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...from his mountain-throne They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lances thrust ; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and...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 - 1822 - 400 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.... | |
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