 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
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 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 Blunt thing—!" he snapped and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 pages
...keener steel — That hlue hlade that the king's son hears — hut this Blunt thing!" — he snapped and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away...the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore hestead, And weaponless, and saw the hroken sword, Hilt-huried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran... | |
 | Henry H. Brown - 1996 - 114 pages
...I a sword of keener steelThat true blade tliat the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing— I" 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... | |
 | Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander - 1998 - 598 pages
...blaming his inability to fight on his blunt sword: "[He] 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 his hand." After the craven has "crept away and left the field," the king's son, who is wounded and has lost his... | |
 | Jim McGuiggan - 2010 - 280 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 Blunt thing — !" He snapt and flung if from his hand, And, lowering, crept away and left the field. THERE IS GLORY FOR CHRIST Then came... | |
 | Jim McGuiggan - 2010 - 280 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 Blunt thing — !" He snapt and flung if from his hand, And, lowering, crept away and left the field. (•'/ / ••' / / ,' / V ' / / /"... | |
 | J. Francis Angier - 2004 - 310 pages
...sword of keener steelThat blue blade that the King's son bearsNot this blunt thing." He snapped it and flung it from his hand. And lowering crept away...the field. Then came the king's son wounded sore, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched... | |
 | Harry Emerson Fosdick - 2005 - 181 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,...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... | |
 | Donald Morris - 2006 - 470 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... | |
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