| George Fyler Townsend - 1872 - 318 psl.
...Kings of the Mediterranean "? * Byron, Siege of Corinth. CHAPTER IX. THE SEA-KINGS, IN THEIR VICTORY. ' My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough...strength Is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.1 Sir Galahad— TENNYSON. Courage of Valette — His speech and preparations — English cavaliers... | |
| Marjory G J. Kinloch - 1874 - 338 psl.
...Scottish Abbeys and Cathedrals,' Quarterly Review, vol. Ixxxv. p. 123. CHAPTER VIII. THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. ' My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough...shrilleth high, The hard brands shiver on the steel, The splintered spear-shafts crack and fly, The horse and rider reel : They reel, they roll in clanging... | |
| Dawn - 1874 - 340 psl.
...Stir the Vikings' blood; Bracing brain and sinew ; Blow, thou wind of GOD. ALFRED TENNYSON. 1810. Y good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance...shrilleth high, The hard brands shiver on the steel, The splintered spear-shafts crack and fly, The horse and rider reel ; They reel, they roll in clanging... | |
| Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island - 1874 - 710 psl.
...held the blood of our Saviour. Well does this knight express the might of purity: ' ' My good sword carves the casques of men ; My tough lance thrusteth...is as the strength of ten Because my heart is pure. " On motion of E. Sir Knight Kent, it was Voted, That the It. E. Grand Commander's address be divided... | |
| Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 psl.
...His character was a later addition (probablv through church influence) to the old Arthurian legend. MY good blade carves the casques * of men, My tough...shattering trumpet shrilleth high, The hard brands t shiver on the steel, The splinter'd spear-shafts crack and fly, The horse and rider reel : They reel,... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1876 - 698 psl.
...as he comes cantering into the ring. We can almost realise the Laureate's lines : ' The eplinter'd spear-shafts crack and fly, The horse and rider reel...combat stands, Perfume and flowers fall in showers, ц . That lightly rain from ladies' hands. Save that Rimmel and Buck are not requisitioned for toilet... | |
| 1887 - 532 psl.
...poetic type, and Tennyson's lines upon Sir Galahad have been often in our mind in describing him : ' My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough...as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.' And if we add that he was ' Dowered with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn, The love of love,' we... | |
| George Melville Baker - 1877 - 190 psl.
...hear our prayer! Bless the life-boat ! Bless the life-boat ! No longer we '11 despair. ALAHAD. jf|Y good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance...shrilleth high, The hard brands shiver on the steel, The splintered spear-shafts crack and fly, The horse and rider reel : They reel, they roll in clanging... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1877 - 392 psl.
...the strength of ten. Becanse my heart is pnre. The shattering trnmpet shrilleth high, The hard hrands shiver on the steel, The splinter'd spear-shafts crack...they roll in clanging lists. And when the tide of comhat stands, Perfnme and flowers fall in showers. That lightly rain from ladies' hands. How sweet... | |
| Elizabeth Williams Champney - 1877 - 300 psl.
...that it makes much difference after all. I am like Arthur's knights in one thing at least : — " ' My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough...as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. ' " Joy looked at the great Sun in admiration ; what a worker he was, to be sure ! He was busier every... | |
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