 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
 | 1902 - 778 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 SILL. r Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1902 - 518 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. 203 LUCK, OR PLUCK? A Message to Garcia By ELBERT HUBBARD [Elbert Hubbard, author and journalist, was... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1902 - 370 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. HOME THERE lies a little city in the hills ; White are its roofs, dim is each dwelling's door, And... | |
 | Mrs. Kate Douglas (Smith) Wiggins, Nora Archibald Smith - 1916 - 784 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 SILL. r Abmi Ben Adhem and the Angel Life Lessons Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 504 pages
...hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead, 15 And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried...enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. RALEIGH'S CLOAK WALTEK SCOTT NOTE This selection is taken from a chapter in " Kenilworth." Young Walter... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 504 pages
...hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead, is And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried...enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. shocked : came together with a shock. — craven : coward. — blue blade : a blade of finely tempered... | |
 | Clara Bancroft Beatley - 1903 - 224 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 SILL. When sudden . . . how think ye, the end t Did I say "without friend " t Say rather,... | |
 | 1903 - 178 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 RAINY DAY Henry Wads-worth Longfellow THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the... | |
 | Clara Bancroft Beatley - 1903 - 226 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 SILL. When sudden . . . how think ye, the end ? Did I say "without friend " ? Say rather,... | |
 | 1913 - 1430 pages
...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 Sill. WORKING AND LIVING. It was that great prophet of better thinking and better... | |
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