 | William Beattie - 1844 - 404 ページ
...down the hill in a similar order of battle, and in profound silence. " Scarce could they see or hear their foes Until at weapon-point they close — They...clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lances' thrust ; And such a yell was there Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 ページ
...trumpet blown At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-tbrone King James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear, or see their foes. Until at...smoke and dust. With sword-sway, and with lance's tbrust ; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth,... | |
 | Miles's Boy (pseud) - 1845 - 602 ページ
...vppotite.) I In he comes, steered by BULL, who, this day, 'bears the Bell!' In he ' goes, — and " Oh! just such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth ; As if men fought upon, the enrth, j And fiends in the upper air, Oh life and death were in the shout, Kucoil and rally, charge... | |
 | 1849 - 858 ページ
...their foes, Until at weapon point they close, They close in clouds of Biuoke and dust, With sword sway, and with lance's thrust. And such a yell was there,...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air ." We need not, however, quote more of a passage so familiar ; but it will be observed how admirably... | |
 | 1907 - 708 ページ
...p. 428, is a sad travesty of some lines in Scott's ' Marmion,' VI. xxv., which are as follows : — And such a yell was there. Of sudden and portentous...men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air. w. с. в. [Mu. T. BAYNE and MR. A. RUSSELL also thanked for replies.] EARLIEST BBITISH Music PUBLISHER... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 ページ
...At times one warning trumpet blown, At times a stiflled hum, Told England, from his mountain throne, Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close1 — With sword-sway, and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 ページ
...of smoke and dust, With swcnl-sway and with lance's thrust ; And sucli a yell was there, Of audden YXX9 \ Long looked the anxious squires ; their eve Could in the darkness nought descry. At length the freshening... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 ページ
...blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throne King James did rushing come. — Scarce could they hear or see their foes, Until at...portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And, first, the ridge of mingled spears Above the brightening cloud appears ; And in the smoke the pennons... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 ページ
...blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throno King James did rushing come.— Scarce could they hear, or see their foes. Until at...and dust, With sword-sway, and with lance's thrust j And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 ページ
...blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throne King James did rushing come. — Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at...clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway, and with lance'a thrust ; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the... | |
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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... 
