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 from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead, And weaponless, and... Science - Page 410edited by - 1917Full view - About this book
| Edward Rowland Sill - 1893 - 124 pages
...blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing —! " he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field....enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. HOME. HERE lies a little city in the hills; White are its roofs, dim is each dwelling's door, And peace... | |
| Adelaide S. Seaverns - 1893 - 380 pages
...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 left the field....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... | |
| George Hughes Hepworth - 1894 - 138 pages
...blade that the King's son bears. But this Blunt thing!' — he snapped and flung it from his hand. " Then came the King's son, wounded, sore bestead, And...enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day." " You shame me, Master," I cried in mingled pain and pride, " with your cutting words. And yet, though... | |
| California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pages
...That blue blade that the king's son bears — but this Blunt thing!" He snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering, crept away and left the field....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 pages
...— That blue blade that the King's son bears. But this blunt thing!" He snapt and flung it from his hand And lowering, crept away and left the field....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... | |
| William Garrett Horder - 1896 - 408 pages
...blue blade that the king's son bears,— but this Blunt thing ! ' — he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field....enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. Jjooqut'n Qfltffer HOPE WHAT song is well sung not of sorrow? What triumph well won without pain? What... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 498 pages
...blue blade that the King's son bears — but this Blunt thing — !" he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field....enemy down. And saved a great cause that heroic day. T HOME HERE lies a little city in the hills; White are its roofs, dim is each dwelling's door, And... | |
| Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 pages
...That blue blade that the king's son bears,— but this Blunt thing !" He snapt and flung it from his hand, And, lowering, crept away and left the field....enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. — Edward Rowland Sill. TUESDAY. The Lost Kingdom. 1 knew the way to a heart, — The paths that led... | |
| John White Chadwick - 1896 - 284 pages
...blue blade that the king's son bears — but this Blunt thing — " He snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field....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... | |
| Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1897 - 360 pages
...blue blade that the king's son bears, — but this Blunt thing ! " — he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field....enemy down, And saved a great cause that heroic day. ER SILL. A1TYNKEN, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe, — Sailed on a river of... | |
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