 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...  Unpopular Review - Pagina 213a cura di - 1916Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1912 - 582 pagine
...exalted his station, or what his sphere of action, he is the hero who makes the most of his opportunity. "This I beheld or dreamed it in a dream: There spread...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Buried in the dry and trodden sand. And ran and snatched it, and with battle shout Lifted afresh, he... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1884 - 396 pagine
...endeavor, Will magnify the Lord, and bless His name forever. Mary E. Bradley. OPPORTUNITY. AND this I saw, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread a cloud...bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, And ran and snatched it, and, with battle-shout Lifted afresh, he hewed his enemy down, And saved a... | |
 | 1913 - 1124 pagine
...made 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...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... | |
 | 1914 - 528 pagine
...hemmed by foes. A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steelThat 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 it, and with battle shout Lifted afresh... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1889 - 160 pagine
...keener steel,— That blue blade that the King's son bears, — but this Blunt thing I ' — 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." There... | |
 | 1904 - 992 pagine
...craven who lost his opportunity because he could not see the possibilities of the ideal in the real. " '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 great day.' "Xot... | |
 | James Russell Miller - 1891 - 294 pagine
...renown. The secret is in the man, not in his environment. Mr. Sill puts this well in his lines : — "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... | |
 | Adelaide S. Seaverns - 1893 - 380 pagine
...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... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pagine
...dear land of all my love, Thy name shall shine, thy fame shall glow. 5. OPPORTUNITY. This I lieheld, or dreamed it in a dream: — There spread a cloud...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 pagine
...it, raged A furious battle: and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A Princess banner Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by...in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched if, and with battle shout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic... | |
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