 The Knight is all alone, his steel cap cleft in twain, His good buff jerkin crimsoned o'er with many a • gory stain ; Yet still he waves the standard, and cries amid the rout, "For Church and King, fair gentlemen, spur on and fight it out...  The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 207by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1854 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - English poetry - 1880 - 408 pages
...The German boar had better far have supped in York to-night." The Knight is all alone, his steel cap cleft in twain, His good buff jerkin crimsoned o'er with many a gory stain ; But still he waves the standard, and cries amid the rout : " For Church and King, fair gentlemen,... | |
 | Walter Money - Great Britain - 1881 - 270 pages
..."Memoirs," p. 570. "The Knight is left alone, his steel-cap cleft in twain, His good buff jerkin crimson'd o'er with many a gory stain: Yet still he waves his...and King, fair gentlemen! spur on, and fight it out ! ' "—Praed. The battle on the Speen side of the Royalist position had now raged three or four hours;... | |
 | Granville series - 1881 - 376 pages
...,5 His good buff jerkin 12 crimsoned o'er with many a gory stain ; Bat still he waves the standard, and cries amid the rout, " For Church and King, fair...and fight it out ! " And now he wards a Roundhead's 13 pike, and now he hums a stave, And now he quotes a stage-play, and now he fells a knave. 30 God... | |
 | David Munro - 1881 - 160 pages
...The German boar had better far have supped in York to-night." The Knight is all alone, his steel cap cleft in twain, His good buff jerkin crimsoned o'er with many a gory stain ; But still he waves the standard, and cries amid the rout— " For Church and King, fair gentlemen,... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 232 pages
...to-night." 5. The knight is left alone, his steel-cap cleft in twain, His good buff jerkin crimson'd o'er with many a gory stain ; Yet still he waves his...stave, And now he quotes a stage-play, — and now he fella a knave ! 6. Heaven aid thee now, Sir Nicholas ! thou hast no thought of fear ; Heaven aid thee... | |
 | Historical ballads - 1882 - 298 pages
..."The German boar had better far have supped in York to-night." The Knight is all alone, his steel cap cleft in twain His good buff jerkin crimsoned o'er with many a gory stain ; But still he waves the standard, and cries amid the rout " For Church and King, fair gentlemen, spur... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...far have supped in York to-night." The knight is left alone, his steel cap cleft in twain, His £ood buff jerkin crimsoned o'er with many a gory stain...pike, and now he hums a stave, And now he quotes a stage play, and now he fells a knave. God aid thee now, Sir Nicholas ! thou hast no thought of fear... | |
 | Joseph Edmund Collins - Canada - 1883 - 656 pages
...fighting hard, his steel cap clove in twain, His good buff jerkin crimsoned deep with many a gory stain ; And now he wards a roundhead's pike, and now he hums...he quotes a stage-play, and now he fells a knave.' " The result of the election is too fresh in the mind of the reader to re-state it here. It is enough... | |
 | Joseph Edmund Collins - Biography & Autobiography - 1883 - 656 pages
...fighting hard, his steel cap clove in twain, His good buff jerkin crimsoned deep with many a gory stain ; And now he wards a roundhead's pike, and now he hums a stave, And now he quotes astago-play, and now he fells a knave.' " The result of the election is too fresh in the mind of the... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1885 - 272 pages
...The German boar had better far have supped in York to-night." The Knight is all alone, his steel cap cleft in twain, His good buff jerkin crimsoned o'er with many a gory stain ; But still he waves the standard, and cries amid the rout — " For Church and King, fair gentlemen,... | |
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