 THIS I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream: — There spread a cloud of dust along a plain ; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince's banner Wavered, then staggered...  Ingalls of Kansas: A Character Study - Page 131by William Elsey Connelley - 1909 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1912 - 582 pages
...exalted his station, or what his sphere of action, he is the hero who makes the most of his opportunity. "This I beheld or dreamed it in a dream: There spread...edge, And thought, 'Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the King's son bears — but this Blunt thing!' he snapt and flung it from... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1917 - 700 pages
...Let me end with the words of a California author (Edward Rowland Sill) on opportunity : OPPORTUNITY This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream: There spread...edge, And thought, ' ' Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king 's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — !" he snapt and flung... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1917 - 692 pages
...Let me end with the words of a California author (Edward Rowland Sill) on opportunity: OPPORTUNITY This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : There spread...edge, And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king 'a son bears, — but this Blunt thing — I" he snapt and flung... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1884 - 396 pages
...endeavor, Will magnify the Lord, and bless His name forever. Mary E. Bradley. OPPORTUNITY. AND this I saw, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread a cloud...edge, And thought, " Had I a sword of keener steel, — That blue blade that the king's son bears — but this Blunt thing ! " — He snapt and flung it... | |
 | 1913 - 1124 pages
...made good." And those words are American for the ribbon of the Legion of Honor and the Victoria Cross. "This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream: — There...edge, And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing—!" he snapt and flung it... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...cloudy sails are set ; the earth-ship swings Along the sea of space to grander things. OPPORTUNITY. |HIS I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...edge, And thought, " Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — ! " he snapt and flung... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pages
...cloudy sails are set ; the earth-ship swings Along the sea of space to grander things. OPPORTUNITY. HIS I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...edge, And thought, " Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — ! " he snapt and flung... | |
 | 1914 - 528 pages
...beheld, or dreamed it in a dream — There spread a cloud of dust along a plain ; And underneath a cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled,...battle's edge, And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steelThat blue blade that the king's son bears— but this Blunt thing!" he snapt and flung it from... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1889 - 164 pages
...a poem by a man who died too soon, Edward Rowland Sill, — a poem entitled " Opportunity " : — " This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There...edge, And thought, ' Had I a sword of keener steel, — Thnt blue blade that the King's son bears, — but this Blunt thing I ' — he snapped and flung... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 122 pages
...cloudy sails are set; the earth-ship swings Along the sea of space to grander things. OPPORTUNITY. j|HIS I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...edge, And thought, " Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — ! " he snapt and flung... | |
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