And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead (as living) ever him adored: Upon his shield the like was also scored, For sovereign hope, which in his help he... History of the Crusades - Page 29by George Gresley Perry - 1884 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...jolly knight he seem'd, and fair did sit, As one for knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. But ll living) ever him ador'd: Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For sovereign hope, which in his... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...knightly jousts and fieree eneounters fit. But on his breast a bloody eross he bore, The dear remembranee ne glanee of those deluding eyes, Blot out eaeh bright idea of the skies ; Take b living) ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also seor'd, For sovereign hope, whieh in his... | |
| 1826 - 598 pages
...sitt, As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounter» fitt. 2. And on his breast a bloodie Crosse he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, For...sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead — as living ever — him ador'd : Upon his shielde the like was also scor'd,— • For soveraine hope,... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - Chivalry - 1828 - 416 pages
...the Fairy Queen ? " A gentle knight was pricking on the plain Yclad in mighty arms and silver shield, And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear...sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead (as living) ever him adored: Upon his shield the like was also scored, For soveraine hope which in his... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...disdaining to the curb to yield :. Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit, EDMUND SPENSER. i But on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance...sweet sake that glorious badge he wore. And dead, as living, ever him adored : Upon his shield the like was also scored, For sovereign hope, which in his... | |
| Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...breath theJires to wake, That covered up and slumbering lay, Through many a day. — Belleau. lSUPON his breast a bloody Cross he bore, The dear remembrance...sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead (as living) ever him adored : Upon his shield the like was also scored : His angry steed did chide his... | |
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...jolly knight he seem'd, and fair did sit, As one for knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. But on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance...sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead (as living) ever him adored : Upon his shield the like was also scored, For sovereign hope, which in his... | |
| Edward Churton - Knights and knighthood - 1841 - 240 pages
...with one of eight points. The cross in time of war was on a scarlet cassock, - On his breast a silver cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord,...sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead (as living) ever him adored. Almost contemporaneously, certain Canons Regular of St. Augustin, who, during... | |
| 1862 - 908 pages
...that had been made on it in battle, though it was the first time, this knight had ever worn it: — And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear...sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever Him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For sovereign hope, which in His... | |
| Robert Isaac Wilberforce - 1842 - 310 pages
...eljr fiU.tlmg Itiitlj fttavrrUna. Cfjr Dtatobr rr. Efjr (Confession. And on his brest a bloody crosse he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, For...sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead as living ever Him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraigne hope which in His... | |
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