 | 1917 - 494 ページ
...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 de-w...heaven: his war-horn was of ivory. Before him were two white-breasted greyhounds, having strong collars of rubies about their necks, reaching from the shoulder... | |
 | George Sampson - 1924 - 504 ページ
...of an edge to wound the wind, and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reedgrass upon the earth when the dew of June is at the heaviest. A gold-hiked sword was upon his thigh, the blade of which was of gold, bearing a cross of inlaid gold... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 396 ページ
...come into her secrets. The 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 iher hair than the flower of the broom, and her skin... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1962 - 598 ページ
...come into her secrets. The quick dropping of blood is called "faster than the fall of the dewdrop from the blade of reedgrass upon the earth, when the dew of June is at the heaviest." And thus is Olwen described: "More yellow was her hair than 5 the flower of the broom, and her skin... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1913 - 972 ページ
...wind, and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dew-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.... | |
 | Terence Brown - 1996 - 318 ページ
...flowers and waves; the extended simile of blood dropping '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'; a hero reminded of his lady's colouring by the sight of a black raven pecking red blood on white snow;... | |
 | Daniel R. Davis - 2001 - 630 ページ
...into her secrets. The 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... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 2004 - 306 ページ
...wind, and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall of the dew-drop from the hlade of reed-grass, when the dew of June is at the heaviest. A gold-hilted sword WES upon his thigh, the hlade of which was gildrd, hearing a cross of inlaid gold of the hue of the... | |
 | John Richard GREEN - 1877 - 237 ページ
...they " sport round him like two sea-swallows." His spear 19 "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 color from the passionate human sentiment... | |
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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... 
