 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...  Saint Jospeh Medical Herald - Page 71914Full view - About this book
 | California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pages
...lieheld, 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,...battle's 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... | |
 | George Hughes Hepworth - 1894 - 138 pages
...well ; if you are a coward, all goes ill. Think of these lines, for they hide a great truth : " — " A craven hung along the battle's edge And thought, ' Had I a sword of keener steel, — That true blade that the King's son bears. But this Blunt thing!' — he snapped and flung... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1454 pages
...it, raged A furious battle: and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A Princess banner Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by...battle's 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 White Chadwick - 1896 - 282 pages
...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,...battle's 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 White Chadwick - 1896 - 284 pages
...beheld or dreamed it in a dream: — -L There spread a cloud of dust along a plain; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled,...battle's 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... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 pages
...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,...battle's 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... | |
 | William Garrett Horder - 1896 - 408 pages
...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,...battle's 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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 498 pages
...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,...battle's 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... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1897 - 360 pages
...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,...battle's 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... | |
 | Walter Learned - 1897 - 338 pages
...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,...battle's 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... | |
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