 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
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pàgines
...With sword-sway, and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell wa» there, Of sodden and portentous birtb, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air; 0! life and death were ia the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1833 - 350 pàgines
...foes Until at weapon point they close.— They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword sway, and with lances thrust — And such a yell was there,...earth And fiends in upper air ; Oh ! life and death were in the shout — Recoil and rally, charge and rout—- And triumph and despair. SCOTT. FEW spectacles... | |
 | William Craig Brownlee - 1833 - 204 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 portentous...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air ! And as they left the darkening heath, More desperate grew the strife of death !" SIR W. SCOTT. They... | |
 | Conrad Blessington (fict.name.) - 1833 - 240 pàgines
...the metropolis. CHAP. III. 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. WALTER SCOTT. Is it fair to pierce the veil of solitude, and observe Conrad as he pursued his journey... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1836 - 374 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...earth, And fiends in upper air; Oh ! life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout. And triumph and despair. Marmion, Canto VI. [TslM... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pàgines
...could they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close, 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 ; O, life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pàgines
...clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there, Of sodden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air; О ! life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 92 pàgines
...With sword-sway, and with lanee's tbrust ; And sueh a yell was there, Of sndden and portentous hirth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air. 0 ! life and death were in the shout, Reeoil and rally, eharge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
 | 1840 - 378 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...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 look'd the anxious... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 380 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; O life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long... | |
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