For life ! for life 1 their flight they ply ; And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And plaids and bonnets waving high, And broadswords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before... The Lady of the Lake;: A Poem - Page 265by Walter Scott - 1810 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...to the sky, Are maddening in their rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it...frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay levelFd low ; And closely shouldering side to side, The bristling ranks the onset bide. — — ' We'll... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...to the sky, Are maddening in their rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it...Down, down,' cried Mar, ' your lances down ! Bear hack hoth friend and foe !' Like reeds hefore the tempest's frown, That serried grove of lances hrown... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it...tempest's frown, That serried grove of lances brown —' We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their Tinchel * cows the game! They come as fleet as forest... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...to the sky, Are maddening in their rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearsmen's twilight wood ? — " Down, down," cried Mar, " your lances down ! Bear back both friend... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...to the sky, Are maddening ш the rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers aud pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it keep its rooted place, The spenrmen's twilight wood? — * Down, down,' cried Slar, 'your lances down ! Bear buck both friend... | |
| Alexander Laing - 1828 - 492 pages
...see the Moray's argent star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far. Down, down, cried Mar, your lances down ! Bear back both friend and foe ! Like reed before the tempest's frown, That scarried grove of lances brown. Bear Mar our message, Uraco fly... | |
| John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...to the sky, Are maddening in their rear. Onward they drive in dreadful race Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearsman's twilight wood ? " Down, down," cried Mar, "your lances down! Bear back both friend and... | |
| Walter Scott - Lady of the Lake (Legendary character) - 1838 - 394 pages
...to the sky, Are maddening in their rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it...wood? — ' Down, down,' cried Mar, ' your lances down 1 Bear back both friend and foe 1' Like reeds before the tempest's frown, That serried grove of lances... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 380 pages
...to the sky, Are maddening in the rear. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase, How shall it...twilight wood ? — ' Down, down,' cried Mar, ' your lauces down ! Bear back both friend and foe !' Like reeds before the tempest's frown, That serried... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear. Onward 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 wood? — ' Down, down," cried Mar, • your lance« down! Bear back both friend... | |
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