 The muskets were flashing, the blue swords were gleaming, The helmets were cleft, and the red blood was streaming ; The heavens grew dark, and the thunder was rolling, When in Wellwood's dark muirlands the mighty were falling.  Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale - Page 85edited by - 1882 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1825 - 618 pages
...flash'd lightning, as firm and unbending— They stood like the rock which the thunder is rending : The muskets were flashing, the blue swords were gleaming,...and the red blood was streaming— The heavens grew dark, and the thunder was rolling, When in Wellwood's dark muirlands the mighty were falling. When... | |
 | 1821 - 612 pages
...stood like the rock which the thunstandard of Sion, der is rending. The muskets were flashing, the bloc swords were gleaming, The helmets were cleft, and the red blood was streaming, The heavens grew dark, and the thunder was rolling, When, in Wellwood's dark moorlands, the All bloody and torn 'mang... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...unbending They stood like the rock which the thunder is rending. The muskets were flashing, the blue sword* were gleaming, The helmets were cleft, and the red blood was streaming, The heavens grew dark, and the thunder was rolling, When, in Wellwood's dark moorlands, the mighty were falling ! —... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...streaming, The heavens grew dark, and the thunder was rolling, When, in Wellwood's dark moorlands, the mighty were falling !— When the righteous had fallen, and the combat had ended, And far up in heaven in the white sunny A chariot of fire through the dark cloud cloud,... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pages
...flashed lightning, as, proud and unbending, They stood like the rock, which the thunder is rending. The muskets were flashing, the blue swords were gleaming;...and. the red blood was streaming; The heavens grew dark, and the thunder was rolling, When in Wellwood's dark moorlands, the mighty were falling,. When... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...flash 'd lightning, as firm and unbending [ingThey stood like the rock which the thunder is rendThe muskets were flashing, the blue swords were gleaming,...helmets were cleft, and the red blood was streaming ; [rolling The heavens grew dark and the thunder was, When in Welwood's dark muirlands the mighty were... | |
 | 1831 - 500 pages
...lightning, as, proud and unbending, ' They stood like the rock, which the thunder is rending ! ' * The muskets were flashing — the blue swords were...the red blood was streaming— , The heavens grew dark — and the thunder was rolling — When in Well-wood's dark moorlands the mighty were falling... | |
 | Robert Wodrow - 1836 - 530 pages
...hke the rock which the thunder is rending. The muskets «ere ilashing, the blue swords were gieaming, The helmets were cleft, and the red blood was streaming, The heavens grew dark, and the thunder wat rolling, When in Weliwood's dark muirlands the mighty were falling. When... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...flash 'd lightning, as, firm and unbending, They stood like the rock which the thunder is rending. The muskets were flashing, the blue swords were gleaming,...cleft, and the red blood was streaming ; The heavens they grew dark, and the thunder was rolling, When in Wellwood's dark muirlands the mighty were falling.... | |
 | 1876 - 302 pages
...But the melody died " As the host of slaughter. "mid derision and laughter, ungodly rushed on to the The muskets were flashing, the blue swords were gleaming,...and the red blood was streaming; The heavens grew dark, and the thunder was rolling, When in Wellwood's dark valley the mighty were falling." 44 RICHARD... | |
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