 This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream: — There spread a cloud of dust along a plain; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince's banner Wavered, then staggered...  Science - Page 410edited by - 1917Full view - About this book
 | 1912 - 582 pages
...humble or 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:...sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the King's son bears — but this Blunt thing!' he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1884 - 396 pages
...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...sword of keener steel, — That blue blade that the king's son bears — but this Blunt thing ! " — He snapt and flung it from his hand, And, lowering,... | |
 | 1913 - 1124 pages
...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...sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing—!" he snapt and flung it from his hand, And, lowering,... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...cloudy sails are set ; the earth-ship swings Along the sea of space to grander things. OPPORTUNITY. |HIS I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — ! " he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pages
...cloudy sails are set ; the earth-ship swings Along the sea of space to grander things. OPPORTUNITY. HIS I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — ! " he snapt and flung it And lowering crept away and... | |
 | 1914 - 528 pages
...beheld, or dreamed it in a dream — There spread a cloud of dust along a plain ; And underneath a cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled,...battle's edge, And thought, "Had I a sword of keener steelThat blue blade that the king's son bears— but this Blunt thing!" he snapt and flung it from... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1889 - 160 pages
...I must recite to you a poem by a man who died too soon, Edward Rowland Sill, — a poem entitled " Opportunity " : — " This I beheld, or dreamed it...sword of 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... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 122 pages
...cloudy sails are set; the earth-ship swings Along the sea of space to grander things. OPPORTUNITY. j|HIS I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream : — There spread...sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — ! " he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1889 - 164 pages
...I must recite to you a poem by a man who died too soon, Edward Rowland Sill, — a poem entitled " Opportunity " : — " This I beheld, or dreamed it...edge, And thought, ' Had I a sword of keener steel, — Thnt blue blade that the King's son bears, — but this Blunt thing I ' — he snapped and flung... | |
 | First Unitarian Church of Oakland, Calif. Ladies - 1891 - 96 pages
...his door. — Emerson. " Somewhere in the secret of every sou Is the hidden gleam of a perfect life." OPPORTUNITY. This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:...sword of keener steel — That blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing — !" he snapt and flung it from his hand And lowering... | |
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