 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1820 - 636 pagine
...particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary poet, who has written but too little— ' The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust. ' Their escutcheons have long mouldered from the walls of their castles. Their castles themselves are... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 356 pagine
...particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary poet, who has written but too little^The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust. Their escutcheons have long mouldered from the walls of their castles. Their castles themselves are... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pagine
...particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary poet, who has written but too little— " The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust." Their escutcheons have long mouldered from the walls of their castles. Their castles themselves are... | |
 | 1899 - 396 pagine
...Lion, as needs be wished for. The gallant knights are distinguished by their belts and gilded spurs. The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust. Two grades of knights were instituted somewhat later — the banneret and the bachelor. The retinue... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1825 - 838 pagine
...CHIVALRY. WE are now arrived at that part of our subject CHAP. where we may say with the poet, VII, " The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust : Their souls are with the saints, we trust." With Italy the historical tracing ceases of that system of principles which for so many centuries formed... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1825 - 404 pagine
...CHIVALRY. VTE are now arrived at that part of our subject CHAP. where we may say with the poet, VI1' " The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust: Their souls are with the saints, we trust." With Italy the historical tracing ceases of that system of principles which for so many centuries formed... | |
 | James Robinson Planché - 1828 - 350 pagine
...who follow his standard. The vision is over, the airy castle has vanished — " The knights are dust, Their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints we trust." And a rude and solitary boat is rocking under the windows of a poor white-washed wirthshaus, which,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 342 pagine
...country — not one will parade in moonshine the black armour winch has long rusted upon their tombs. "' The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust ; Their souls are with the saints, we trust.' Look around, Sir Knight, you have above and around you the men of whom we speak. Beneath us, in a little... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 344 pagine
...will parade in moonshine the black armour which has long rusted upon their tombs. ' The knights ore dust, And their good swords are rust ; Their souls are with the saints, we trust' Look around, Sir Knight, you have above and around you the men of whom we speak. Beneath us, in a little... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 342 pagine
...in moonshine the black armour which has long rusted upon their tombs. ' The knights are dint, •; And their good swords are rust; Their souls are with the saints, we trust.' Look around, Sir Knight, you have above and around you the men of whom we speak. Beneath us, in a little... | |
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The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust. 
