 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1859 - 440 sider
...wind, and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dow-drop from the blade of reed-grass, when the dew of June is at the heaviest. A gold-hilted sword was upon his thigh, the blade of which was gilded, bearing a cross of inlaid gold of the hue of the lightning of heaven. His war-horn was of ivory.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 sider
...quick dropping of blood is called " faster than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed-grass upon the earth, when the dew of June is at the heaviest." And thus is Olwen described : " More yellow was her hair than the flower of the broom, and her skin... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 218 sider
...quick dropping of blood is called " faster than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed-grass upon the earth, when the dew of June is at the heaviest." And thus is Olwen described : " More yellow was her hair than the flower of the broom, and her skin... | |
 | Samuel Ferguson - 1872 - 262 sider
...and cause ' blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dew-drop from the blade of the reed-grass upon . the earth, when the dew of June is at the heaviest. A gold-hilud sword was upon his thigh, the blade of which was of [steel], bearing^ a cross of inlaid... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 sider
...two sea-swallows." His spear is " swifter than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed-grass upon the earth when the dew of June is at the heaviest." A subtle, observant love of nature and natural beauty takes fresh colour from the passionate ,56 »S7... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 sider
...two sea-swallows." His spear is " swifter than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed-grass upon the earth when the dew of June is at the heaviest." A subtle, observant love of nature and natural beauty takes fresh colour from the passionate human sentiment... | |
 | Thomas Stephens - 1876 - 558 sider
...length, of an edge to wound the wind and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed grass upon the earth when the...his thigh, the blade of which was of gold, bearing a eross of inlaid gold of the hue of the lightning of heaven ; his war-horn was of ivory. Before him... | |
 | Thomas Stephens, Benjamin Thomas Williams - 1876 - 564 sider
...length, of an edge to wound the wind and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed grass upon the earth when the...June is at the heaviest. A gold-hilted sword was upon hia thigh, the blade of which was of gold, bearing a cross of inlaid gold of the hue of the lightning... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1878 - 622 sider
...two sea-swallows." His spear is " swifter than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed-grass upon the earth when the dew of June is at the heaviest." A subtle, observant love of nature and natural beauty takes fresh colour from the passionate human sentiment... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1882 - 632 sider
...length, of an edge to wound the wind and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed grass upon the earth when the dew of June is at the heaviest. A gold hilted sword was upon his thigh, the blade of which was of gold, bearing a cross of inlaid gold... | |
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And in the youth's hand were two spears of silver, sharp, well-tempered, headed with steel, three ells in length, of an edge to wound the wind, and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reed-grass upon the earth... 
