 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
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1911 - 312 pages
...sword of keener steel — That blue blade the king's son bears — but this Blunt thing" — he snapped and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away...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... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1911 - 8 pages
...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...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 Evarts Gordon - 1911 - 332 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Will David Howe - 1912 - 318 pages
...from the glitter and turmoil of the world of man ! — COOPEB. OPPORTUNITY EDWARD KOWLAND SILL This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...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. PHAETHON... | |
 | James Watt Raine - 1915 - 222 pages
...substance of your paraphrase without looking at your paper. Tell it enthusiastically. OPPORTUNITY* This 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 rati and snatched it, and with battle shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Jessie Belle Rittenhouse - 1915 - 344 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Henry Carr Pearson, Mary Frederika Kirchwey - 1915 - 506 pages
...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 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... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1915 - 1040 pages
...Blunt thing! " — he snapt and flung it from his band. And lowering crept away and left the Held. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead. And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-burled in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it. and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Casey Albert Wood - 1920 - 382 pages
...blind To comrades dying, and he whose hopes are o'er Turns coldest from the sufferings of mankind. This I beheld, or dreamed it in a. dream : — There spread...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-bnried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1921 - 444 pages
...lesson that opportunity comes to him who is ready for it, whether he be rich or poor. OPPORTUNITY Thus I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...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... | |
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