 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
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1893 - 124 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 battleshout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Adelaide S. Seaverns - 1893 - 380 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 Blunt thing ! " He snapped and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's... | |
 | George Hughes Hepworth - 1894 - 138 pages
...blade that the King's son bears. But this Blunt thing!' — he snapped and flung it from his hand. " 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,... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1454 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...bestead And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched if, and with battle shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 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 battleshout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 498 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... | |
 | William Garrett Horder - 1896 - 408 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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 682 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... | |
 | Walter Learned - 1897 - 338 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... | |
 | William Henry Sallmon - 1897 - 356 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,... | |
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