 Ploughed his thin cheeks ; his hair was more than grey, And like to one he seemed whose better day Is over to himself, though foolish fame Shouts louder year by year his empty name. Unarmed he was, nor clad upon that morn Much like a king: an ivory hunting-horn...  The Earthly Paradise: A Poem - Page 2de William Morris - 1890 - 445 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1886 - 428 pages
...line, Half-hidden by his sweeping beard and Hue, Ploughed his thin cheeks ; his hair was more titan grey, And like to one he seemed whose better day Is...did he hold Upon his fist ; before his feet there eat A scrivener making notes of this and that As the King bade him, and behind his chair His captains... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 414 pages
...middle age :— But keen and steadfast: many an ageing line, Half-bidden by his sweeping beard and line, Ploughed his thin cheeks ; his hair was more than...his feet there sat A scrivener making notes of this and that As the King bade him, and behind his chair His captains stood in armour rich and fair." •... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 494 pages
...coming prize, But keen and steadfast : many an ageing line, Half-hidden by his sweeping beard and line, Ploughed his thin cheeks ; his hair was more than...his feet there sat A scrivener making notes of this and that As the King bade him, and behind his chair His captains stood in armour rich and fair." Morris's... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 414 pages
...eyes No longer eager for the coming prize, But keen and steadfast : many an ageing line, Half-hidden by his sweeping beard and fine, Ploughed his thin...that morn Much like a king: an ivory hunting-horn Was shmg about him, rich with gems and gold, And a great white ger-falcon did he hold Upon his fist ; before... | |
 | William Morris - 1888 - 270 pages
...Half hidden by his sweeping beard and fine, Ploughed his thin cheeks ;- his hair was more than gray, And like to one he seemed whose better day Is over...that morn Much like a king ; an ivory hunting-horn „ 470 Was slung about him, rich with gems and gold, And a great white gerfalcon did he hold Upon... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1891 - 406 pages
...age : — But keen and steadfast : many an ageing line, Half-hidden by his sweeping beurd and line, Ploughed his thin cheeks ; his hair was more than...his feet there sat A scrivener making notes of this and that As the King bade him, and behind his chair His captains stood in armour rich and fair." Morris's... | |
 | Maude Radford Warren - 1903 - 408 pages
...pleased Heaven to make naturally troublesome, like bulls and turkey-cocks. GEORGE ELIOT : Silas Marner. N Broad-browed he was, hook-nosed, with wide grey eyes...empty name. Unarmed he was, nor clad upon that morn Was slung about him, rich with gems and gold, . And a great white ger-falcon did he hold Upon his fist... | |
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