 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 his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead, And weaponless,...  Ingalls of Kansas: A Character Study - Page 135by William Elsey Connelley - 1909 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1917 - 700 pages
...broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. JOHN CASPER BRANNER STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC EVENTS THE USE OF PRIMITIVE ART IN TEXTILES IN answer... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1917 - 692 pages
...broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. JOHN CASPER BRANNER STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC EVENTS THE USE OF PRIMITIVE ART IN TEXTILES IN answer... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1884 - 396 pages
...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, And ran and snatched it, and, with battle-shout Lifted afresh, he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. ER Sill. A SUBTLE red Of life is kindling every twig- and stalk <r ,.-./ Of lowly meadow growths ;... | |
 | 1913 - 1124 pages
...broken sword, Hilt buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran, and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day." are perhaps familiar — if not, you should be. The title given by Mr. Sill to his lines is " Opportunity,"... | |
 | 1914 - 528 pages
...Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched...enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. —Edward Rowland Sill. St. Joseph-Buchanan-Andneui County Medical Society FH LADD.M Vice-Prest. J.... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battleshout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. HOME. HERE lies a little city in the hills; White are its roofs, dim is each dwelling's door, And peace... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pages
...broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battleshout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. HOME. HERE lies a little city in the hills; White are its roofs, dim is each dwelling's door, And peace... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 700 pages
...broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. THE POOL'S PRATER. THE royal feast was done ; the King Sought some new sport to banish care, And to... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1889 - 160 pages
...it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. " Then came the King's son, wounded, sore bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword,...enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day." There are opportunities enough. The people who echo Hamlet's phrase, — "The time is out of joint.... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 122 pages
...broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battleshout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. HOME. HERE lies a little city in the hills; White are its roofs, dim is each dwelling's door, And peace... | |
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