 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 men...  The Subaltern Officer. A Narrative - Page 166by George Wood (Captain.) - 1825 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...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...and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long looked the anxious squires ; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. XXVI. At length the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...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...and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long looked the anxious squires ; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. XXVI. At length the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...At times one warning trumpet blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throne They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway,...and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long look'd the anxious squires ; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. XXVI. At length the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 530 pages
...At times one warning trumpet blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throne They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway,...and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long look'd the anxious squires ; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. XXVI. At length the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...At times one warning trumpet blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throne I They close, in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway,...and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long look'd the anxious squires ; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. XXVI. At length the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...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...and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long look'd the anxious squires ; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. XXVI. At length the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...King James did rushing come 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...and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. Long look'd the anxious squires ; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. XXVI. At length the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 360 pages
...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...and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair. " The earls of Huntley and of Home commanded the left wing of the Scotch, and charged sir Edmund Howard... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...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 look d the anxious squires; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. xxvi. At length the... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1833 - 350 pages
...there, Of sudden and portentous birth— As if 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. SCOTT. FEW spectacles or incidents produce so thrilling an emotion as a midnight conflagration. The... | |
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