 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
 | Frank Cummins Lockwood, Clarence De Witt Thorpe - 1921 - 296 pages
...leaf. While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — -now! BKOWNINQ OPPORTUNITY 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. ER SILL... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 450 pages
...keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — • but this 10 Blunt thing!" He snapped and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away...broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, 15 And ran and snatched it, and with battle shout Lifted afresh, he hewed his enemy down, And saved... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She was the Universe. 1816. Lord Byron. 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 ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 888 pages
...keener steel — That blue blade which 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. 6. Loyalty... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 890 pages
...it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, and sore bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword,...and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with a battle shout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. 6. Loyalty... | |
 | Howard Copeland Hill, Rollo La Verne Lyman - 1924 - 564 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. 1. Decide... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - 1925 - 748 pages
...good." And those words are American for the ribbon of the Legion of Honor and the Victoria Cross: This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream: There spread a...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. Those... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter, Dwight Everett Watkins - 1925 - 296 pages
...by foes. A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steel — The blue blade that the King's son bears — but this...sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And saw and snatched it ; and with battle-shout Lifted afresh, he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter, Dwight Everett Watkins - 1925 - 296 pages
...edge, And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steel— The blue blade that the King's son bears—but this Blunt thing—!" he snapt and flung it from his...sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And saw and snatched it; and with battle-shout Lifted afresh, he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great... | |
 | Olive Beaupré Miller - 1922 - 456 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,... | |
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