 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 the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — !" he snapt and flung it...  Poems - Page 44by Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 504 pages
...hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead, is And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried...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. shocked... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1904 - 328 pages
...hand, And lowering crept away and left the f1eld. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead, 1r. And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried...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. 91 RALEIGH'S... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - 1904 - 312 pages
...tlling ! " He snapt and Flung it from his hand, and lowering — Crept away and left the field. Ti.en came the King's son, wounded, Sore bestead, and weaponless; and saw The broken swordhilt buried in the dry And trodden sand ; and ran and Snatched it, and with battle shout Lifted... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1912 - 334 pages
...Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She was the Universe. 1816. Lord Byron. OPPORTUNITY TH1S I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream: — There spread...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Hill Spalding - 1905 - 296 pages
...a cloud of dust along a plain ; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and man yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields....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. EDWARD... | |
 | California Teachers Association - 1911 - 600 pages
...a sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing I' He snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering,...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." THE PUBLIC... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1120 pages
...snapt and flung it from his hand And loweririg. crept away and left the field. Then came the Kind's son, wounded, sore bestead And weaponless, and saw...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. To return... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 338 pages
...blade that the king's son bears,—but this Blunt thing—! " he snapt and flung it from his hand, I0 And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came...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... | |
 | Robert Newton Willson - 1905 - 170 pages
...crept away, and left the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead, And weaponless, he saw the 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." OUE... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1906 - 798 pages
...American idealism, who in soldier-language calls us to seize the opportunity which is ours : — "This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hil t-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle shout Lifted afresh... | |
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