 | 1824 - 488 pages
...Grasp your pikes:— Close your ranks: — . . . For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here : — they rush on. — We are broken...horsemen on our rear ? . , Whose banner do I see, boys ? 'Tis he, thank God, 'tis he, boys. Bear up another minute. Brave Oliver is here. Their heads all... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...flanks. Grasp your pikes -.—Close yoar ranks : — For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here : — they rush on. — We are broken...— What means the trampling of horsemen on our rear ? Their heads all stooping low, their points all in a row, Like a whirlwind on the trees, like a deluge... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 440 pages
...flanks. Grasp your pikes : — Close your ranks : — For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here : — they rush on. — We are broken...— the centre hath given ground : — Hark! hark! — Wrhat means the trampling of horsemen on our rear ? Whose banner do I see, boys ? 'Tis he, thank... | |
 | 1846 - 506 pages
...flanks. Grasp your pikes : — close your ranks : — For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here : — they rush on. — We are broken...horsemen on our rear ? Whose banner do I see, boys ? "Pis he, thank God, 'tis he, boys. Bear up another minute. Brave Oliver is here. Their heads all... | |
 | 1846 - 502 pages
...flanks. Grasp your pikes : — close your ranks : — For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here : — they rush on. — We are broken...— What means the trampling of horsemen on our rear ? Whoso banner do I see, boys ? 'Tis he, thank God, 'tis he, boys. Bear up another minute. Brave Oliver... | |
 | 1846 - 578 pages
...effective support from the Sidney Herbert section of the government. No ! if they are determined to ' Stand back to back in God's name, and fight it to the last,' they must trust to no present statesman's aid, whatever may be the case hereafter. Their own energy,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 374 pages
...our flanks. Grasp your pikes, close your ranks ; For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here ! They rush on ! We are broken ! We...horsemen on our rear ? Whose banner do I see, boys ? Tis he, thank God, 'tis he, boys. Bear up another minute : brave Oliver is here. Their heads all... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 458 pages
...Grasp your pikes, close your ranks; For Eupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here I They rush on! We are broken! We are gone! Our left...stubble on the blast. O Lord, put forth thy might I 0 Lord, defend the right! Stand back to back, in God's name, and fight it to the last. Stout Skippon... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 460 pages
...our flanks. Grasp your pikes, close your ranks ; For Eupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here ! They rush on ! We are broken ! We...left is borne before them like stubble on the blast. 0 Lord, put forth thy might ! 0 Lord, defend the right ! Stand back to back, in God's name, and fight... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1860 - 612 pages
...flanks — grasp your pikes — close your ranks, For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. " They are here — they rush on — we are broken —...left is borne before them like stubble on the blast. 0 Lord ! put forth thy might ! 0 Lord ! defend the right ! Stand back to back, in God's name, and fight... | |
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The furious German comes, with his clarions and his drums, His bravoes of Alsatia, and pages of Whitehall ; They are bursting on our flanks. Grasp your pikes, close your ranks ; For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. 
