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" King 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... "
The Subaltern Officer. A Narrative - Page 166
by George Wood (Captain.) - 1825 - 247 pages
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 46

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1855 - 704 pages
...assailants, as with an inspiring cheer they bounded onward and upward. There was quite an uproar. ' THEY close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lances thrust; And such ft yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth. As if men fuught upon the earth, And fiends in upper...
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Marmion, by sir W. Scott. With all his intrs., and the editor's notes ...

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 pages
...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 fought upon the...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Including the Lay of the Last ...

Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pages
...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 fought upon the...
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Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English ...

John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...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 fought upon the...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1857 - 420 pages
...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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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 pages
...rushing come. — Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at 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...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...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 fought upon the...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With Memoir and Critical ..., Volume 2

Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 364 pages
...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 fought upon the...
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A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English ..., Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pages
...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 fought upon the...
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A manual of English literature and of the history of the English language ...

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 pages
...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 fought upon the...
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