 A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince's banner Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by foes. A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought, " Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that...  Saint Jospeh Medical Herald - Page 71914Full view - About this book
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1897 - 360 pages
...foes. A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought, " Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1897 - 392 pages
...Hamilton. A craven hung along the 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 snapped and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the King's... | |
 | Edmund Guilbert - 1898 - 378 pages
...this : " A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought, ' Had I a sword of keener steel, — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and, with battle-shout Lifted afresh,... | |
 | Henry Albert Stimson - 1898 - 390 pages
...by foes. A craven hung along the battle's edge And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the King's son bears — but this...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it; and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 620 pages
...sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears — but this Blunt tiling— ! " he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Harry Cassell Davis, John Cloyse Bridgman - 1899 - 390 pages
...foes. A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought, " Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the King's son bears, — but this...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Fabiola hospital association - 1899 - 94 pages
...by foes. A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Albert Le Roy Bartlett - 1899 - 328 pages
...foes. 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...the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bested, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, — And... | |
 | Albert Le Roy Bartlett - 1899 - 336 pages
...275 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...the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bested, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, — And... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis, Lewis, Edwin Hebert - 1899 - 440 pages
...which to shape his image, or as the prince in Sill's poem seized the weapon a coward threw down : — 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 it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
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