 | John Swett - 1884 - 412 sidor
...chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear; For life! for life! their flight they ply; While shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And plaids and...broadswords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear. 4. GOOD NEWS. I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; / galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 sidor
...! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear : And broad-swords flashing to the sky, Are maddening...they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1885 - 296 sidor
...appear : For life ! for life ! their flight they ply — And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, 435 And plaids and bonnets waving high, And broadswords...they drive in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; 440 Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1885 - 988 sidor
...chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear; For life! fur life! their flight they ply; While shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And plaids and...broadswords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in their rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued; Before that tide of flight and... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 sidor
...shriek, and shout, and battle cry, Are maddening in the rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, rous feast, which I knew were pretty much, and which I could Pursuers and pursued; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The... | |
 | Walter Scott, William Sharp - 1886 - 368 sidor
...driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear. For life ! for life ! their plight they ply And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And...they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1886 - 372 sidor
...driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear. For life I for life ! their plight they ply And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And...they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1887 - 476 sidor
...life ! for life ! their flight they ply — And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And plaids arid bonnets waving high, And broad-swords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in their rear. Onward they drive in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 sidor
...foam. Right onward did Clan-Alpine come. Was brandishing like beam of light. Each targe was dark below; The archery appear : For life ! for life ! their flight...they drive in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place. The spearmen's twilight... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 sidor
...chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear : For life ! for life ! their flight they plyAnd shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And plaids and...they drive in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; XVIII. ' Bearing before them in their course The relics of the archer force, Like wave with crest... | |
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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 shout, and battle-cry, And plaids and bonnets waving high,... 
