And the tramp and tumult of war,

With the drums of the detoning thunder,

And the clang in the bugles of wind,

With the gonfalons tortured asunder

By the rush of the host from behind.

The plains are leaping with shadows,

The highlands go out like a blot,

And over the eddying meadows

The rain is hurtled like shot.

The darkness is glooming and brightening,