 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 444 pages
...into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much scorned to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face. In many desperate... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 578 pages
...into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much scorned to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face. In many desperate... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 468 pages
...into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much scorned to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face. In many desperate... | |
 | 1901 - 638 pages
...into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much scorned to lurk in As if it durst not show its face. In many desperate attempts,... | |
 | 1904 - 876 pages
...into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard, where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, it was so manful; And so much scorned to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face. This sword... | |
 | 1844 - 520 pages
...was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard, where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt :...of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful ; And so much scorn'd to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face. In many desperate... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 656 pages
...grown rusty, 360 And ate into itself, for lack Of some body to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful 365 It had devoured, 'twas so manful, mon principle which I find adopted by all the ancient writers,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pages
...into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard, where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, it was so manful ; And so much scorned to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face. This sword... | |
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He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting, was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack : The peaceful scabbard, where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt ; For of... 
