torch-brand

Updated: May 13, 2025

Here the voice of the Saracen was drowned in that of the hermit, who began to hollo aloud in a wild, chanting tone, "I am Theodorick of Engaddi I am the torch-brand of the desert I am the flail of the infidels! The lion and the leopard shall be my comrades, and draw nigh to my cell for shelter; neither shall the goat be afraid of their fangs. I am the torch and the lantern Kyrie Eleison!"

Sir Walter Scott - The Talisman