They that Took the SwordJohn Lane, The Bodley Head, 1901 - 301 páginas |
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They That Took the Sword John Lane Company,Mass. ) University Press (Cambridge Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
They That Took the Sword John Lane Company,Mass ). University Press (Cambridge Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Términos y frases comunes
alley Amy's arms asked battle Bobby Shaftoe breath brother Calvinistic caught Chesterton Cincinnati Claysville Colonel Golding command Confederate cried Dayton House dear door doubter Drake enemy Enfield Dayton Everard Kainson eyes face father Federal feeling ferry flag flashed fool galloped gentleman Geraldin girl gone grandfather hall hand head heart HENRY HARLAND honour horse Humbolt's hurried instant Kain knew laughed leaped lips looked Major Kainson Major Tom Mayor militia mind minute Miss Amy Golding moonshine nephew never night O'Neil officer Ohio old Walter once paused portico Provost Provost Marshal realised regiment Republic RICHARD LE GALLIENNE Rifles Secessionists shadow side smiled soldiers speak Star Spangled Banner stood story strange street sword talk tears tell Terraces things Thomas Kainson thought tion to-night told took trust turned uncle Vincent Kainson voice Walter Kainson whispered whole word young
Pasajes populares
Página 238 - Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended, Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded : Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, Tenant and master. Fast they come, fast they come ; See how they gather ! Wide waves the eagle plume Blended with heather.
Página 61 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more.
Página 100 - To them was life a simple art Of duties to be done, A game where each man took his part, A race where all must run ; A battle whose great scheme and scope They little cared to know, Content, as men at arms, to cope Each with his fronting foe.
Página 236 - To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Página 79 - Ev'n now we hear with inward strife A motion toiling in the gloom — The Spirit of the years to come Yearning to mix himself with Life.
Página 268 - We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down. Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
Página 55 - But doubt not aught from mine array. Thou art my guest; I pledged my word As far as Coilantogle ford : Nor would I call a clansman's brand For aid against one valiant hand, Though on our strife lay every vale Rent by the Saxon from the Gael. So move we on; I only meant To show the reed on which you leant, Deeming this path you might pursue Without a pass from Roderick Dhu.
Página 16 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...