| James Gregor Grant - 1838 - 334 pages
...to lour, (Haste, the loom of hell prepare,) Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air. Ere the ruddy sun be set, Pikes must shiver, javelins...clattering buckler meet, Hauberk crash and helmet ring ! Horror covers all the heath, Clouds of carnage blot the sun, Sisters, weave the web of death ! Sisters,... | |
| William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...lower ; Haste — the loom of hell prepare ; Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air. Ere the ruddy sun be set, Pikes must shiver, javelins...sing, Blade with clattering buckler meet, Hauberk clash, and helmet ring. Sisters, hence 1 with spurs of speed ; Each her thundering falchion wield ;... | |
| 1840 - 652 pages
...lower, Haste ! the loom of hell prepare ; Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darken'd air; o Mista, black terrific maid, Sangrida and Hilda see ; Join the wayward work to aid, T is the woof of victory. Ere the ruddy sun be set, Pikes must shiver, javelins sing; Blade with clattering... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...Shoot the trembling cords along. Sword, that once a monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and strong. Mista, black terrific maid, Sangrida, and Hilda, see,...clattering buckler meet, Hauberk crash, and helmet ring. (Weave the crimson web of war) Let us go, and let us fly, Where our friends the conflict share, Where... | |
| 1869 - 576 pages
...below. But in the Orcaden of THOKMODUS TORF.EÜS, and also in BARTHOLINUS, is a Norse song : — " Ere the ruddy sun be set, Pikes must shiver, javelins...Blade with clattering buckler meet, Hauberk crash, aud helmet ring. Sisters, hence, with spurs of speed, Each her thundering falchion wield, Each bestride... | |
| William Russell - 1844 - 428 pages
...; (Haste, the loom of hell prepare ;} Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air. - " Ere the ruddy sun be set, "Pikes must shiver, javelins...clattering buckler meet, Hauberk crash, and helmet ring. " Sisters, hence with spurs of speed ! Each her thundering falchion wield ; Each bestride her sable... | |
| William Russell - 1845 - 410 pages
...lower ; (Haste, the loom of hell prepare ;) Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air. " Ere the ruddy sun be set, Pikes must shiver, javelins...Blade with clattering buckler meet, Hauberk crash, ajid helmet ring. " Sisters, hence with spurs of Speed ! Each her thundering falchion wield; Each bestride... | |
| 1846 - 780 pages
...trembling cords »long : Sword that once a monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and strong. Mirla — black, terrific maid, Sangrida and Hilda see, Join...wayward work to aid, — 'Tis the woof of victory ! " Sec. When the incantation was endul. the sisters each tore a portion of the cloth, and mounting... | |
| William Russell - 1848 - 94 pages
...lower ; (Haste, the loom of hell prepare ;) Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air. ' Ere the ruddy sun be set, Pikes must shiver, javelins...clattering buckler meet, Hauberk crash, and helmet ring. ' Sisters, hence with spurs of speed ! Each her thundering falchion wield; Each bestride her sable... | |
| Samuel Rowe - 1848 - 348 pages
...the trembling cords along ; Sword, that once a monarch bore, Keep the tissue firm and strong. Mist a, black terrific maid, Sangrida and Hilda, see, Join...wayward work to aid,—' 'Tis the woof of victory. — GRAY. importance than might at first appear. This opinion will also derive strength from the fact,... | |
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