One fearful whoop was rung,
And, bounding each from covert forth,
Burst on their front the demon birth.
‘Off! off! each horseman to the ground!
On foot we’ll quell the foe!’
And instant, with impetuous bound,
They hurl’d them down below.
“Then loud the crash of arms arose,
As when two forest whirlwinds close;
Then filled all heaven their shout and yell,