 | James F. Bowman - 1853 - 408 pages
...THE FLIGHT. TE VEA ! — THE VICTIM FOR SACRIFICE — THE ESCAPE AND PURSUIT — THE PRIEST'S AMBUSH. "For life, for life, their flight they ply, And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And weapons waving to the sky. Are maddening In their rear." "While the party hostile to... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends i'rora heaven that fell, Had pealed the banner cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear : For life ! for life ! their flight they ply — And shriek, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 pages
...wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had peal'd the banner-cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaft' before the wind of heaven, The arehery appear ; For life ! for life ! their plight they ply... | |
 | William Russell - 1854 - 398 pages
...citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips, "The foe! — they come — they come." . 4. Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the winds of heaven, The archery appear : — For life, for life their flight they ply, While shriek and shout and battle-cry,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 pages
...wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had peal'd the banner-cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear ; For life ! for life ! their plight they ply — And shriek, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pages
...wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven tliat fell, Had peal'd the banner-cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear ; For life ! for life 1 their plight they ply — And rfhriuk, and... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 pages
...At once there rose so wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had pealed the banner-cry of hell ! Forth...from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear : For life ! for life ! their flight they ply — And shriek, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 372 pages
...wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had peal'd the banner-cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear ; For life ! for life ! their flight they ply — And shriek, and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 pages
...Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends from heaven that fell Had pealed the banner cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven. The archery appear : For life ! for life ! their flight they ply — And shriek, and... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1859 - 322 pages
..." At once there rose so wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends from heaven that fell. Had pealed the banner-cry of Hell! Forth...Indians appear; For life ! for life !, their flight they ply-rAnd shriek, and shout, and battle cry Are maddening in the rear." Indeed, we have been told by... | |
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At once there rose so wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had pealed the banner-cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear : For life... 
