 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 men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air: Oh!  The castles and abbeys of England - Pàgina 66per William Beattie - 1844 - 10 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Menzies (of Edinburgh.) - 1855 - 142 pàgines
...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...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,... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 pàgines
...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 were in the shoot, Recoil and rally, charge and root, And triumph and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pàgines
...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...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. Long... | |
 | 1910 - 964 pàgines
...screw. It whirls along with a cyclonic rhythm that sets the feet to tramping and the blood to boiling. And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous...earth, And fiends in upper air: Oh, life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout. And triumph and despair. This particular band... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 364 pàgines
...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...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. Long... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pàgines
...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...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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pàgines
...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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 pàgines
...weapon-point they close, — 2 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, 1 [" Of all the poetical battles which have been fought, from the days of Homer to those of Mr. Southey,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 420 pàgines
...weapon-point they close, — 2 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, 1 [" Of all the poetical battles which have been fought, from the days of Homer to those of Mr. Southey,... | |
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