 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
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1913 - 330 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. " Opportunity." Edward Rowland Sill If you observe closely some decided transition in experience you... | |
 | Elias Hershey Sneath, George Hodges - 1913 - 248 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." These are noble lines for the memory of youth, worth being printed in great letters and hung on schoolroom... | |
 | Homer H. Cooper - 1914 - 300 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. We are all sons and daughters of the King. Let us then not complain of our weaponry, our equipment,... | |
 | Arthur Stephen Hoyt - 1914 - 352 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." LECTURE III. THE VISION OF MAN JOHN 4:35. "Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are... | |
 | 1923 - 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." "Az in a game ov kards," says Josh Billings, "so in the game ov life, we must play what iz dealt tew... | |
 | Howard Copeland Hill, Rollo La Verne Lyman - 1924 - 564 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. 1. Decide which poem ranks first, considering the votes of all the class. In scoring give each first... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 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. BUGLE SONG ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story;... | |
 | Will Christopher Wood, Alice Cecilia Cooper, Frederick A. Rice - 1925 - 368 pages
...broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh he he.wed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. ON BECOMING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN EDWARD A. STEINER When a foreigner becomes an American citizen he must... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - 1925 - 666 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. SOLITUDE All alone — alone, Calm, as on a kingly throne, Take thy place in the crowded land, Self-centred... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - 1925 - 664 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. SOLITUDE All alone — alone, Calm, as on a kingly throne, Take thy place in the crowded land, Self-centred... | |
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