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 131by William Elsey Connelley - 1909 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Frothingham - 1926 - 244 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. Edward Rowland SOI THE HOUSE OF CESAR Yea — we have thought of royal robes and red. Had purple dreams... | |
| Melvin Everett Haggerty - 1927 - 586 pages
...flung 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. RECOMPENSE ' GRACE NOLL CROWELL I NEVER have had a look at the sea, I who would love it so. I never... | |
| Bliss Carman - 1927 - 722 pages
...flung it from his hand, And cowering 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. CHARLES GOODRICH WHITING 1842214. "Blue Hills "Beneath the Haze DLUE hills beneath the haze That broods... | |
| Bliss Carman - 1927 - 714 pages
...flung it from his hand, And cowering 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. CHARLES GOODRICH WHITING 1842.214. 'Blue Hills 'Beneath the Haze DLUE hills beneath the haze That broods... | |
| Emma Miller Bolenius - 1927 - 520 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. Memorize the poem. THE FAMOUS FREE-LANCE NORA PERRY The pages of history teem with thrilling adventure.... | |
| Caroline Miles Hill - 1928 - 888 pages
...flung 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. 6. Loyalty to Your Best Self HARPS HUNG UP IN BABYLON ARTHUR COLTON The harps hung up in Babylon, Their... | |
| Annabel Wood - 1928 - 180 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. "38 450 38 Opportunity Sill, Ralph Rowland The Children's Third Book of Poetry p. 152 Youth. Yes, with... | |
| United States Armed Forces Institute - 1942 - 742 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 FOOLS PRAYER The royal feast was done; the King Sought some new sport to banish care, The jester... | |
| United States. 86th Cong., 2d sess., 1960, United States. Congress - 1960 - 126 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. to Bafatb tflcHee ijall WEDNESDAY, February 17, 1960. Mr. BROOKS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, on this... | |
| Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 pages
...flung 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. In the glowing imagery of these lines is reflected the poet's own gallant life. Edward Sill knew his... | |
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