| 单词 | falchion |
| 例句 | Madoc personally instructed us in the art of fighting with the cutlass and dagger, the falchion and our fists. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Into this space the falchion went slowly, once, twice, thrice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Robin’s falchion let Beaumont out of this world, to run free with Orion and roll among the stars. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been a fight The Queen’s knights had defended her as best they could with swords and falchions, until they were all wounded, six of them seriously. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin dropped his spear, drew his falchion in the same movement, stepped into the huddle of snarls, and calmly picked an alaunt up by the leg. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Still she wanted resolution to give the thrust, and it was by a blow of the tribune's falchion that the horrid deed was finally accomplished. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z At All Souls, Oxford, is a carving of a warrior-visaged person wearing a morion, and armed with a falchion and buckler. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Wide raged the battle on the plain; Spears shook, and falchions flashed amain, Fell England's arrow-flight like rain; Crests rose, and stooped, and rose again, Wild and disorderly. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z This at bottom, and this at last is what those flashing falchions and ringing shields declare. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Let each right-hand its untried arrows grasp, Or its own fiercely-gleaming falchion clasp. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z “No more shall this moon rise above the meads of Seine,” he cried, as he sheathed his falchion. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Far-flaming might, a sword of light, 680 A falchion from its sheath, It cleft the realms of darkness, and Dissolved the bands of death. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z Wielding his four-footed falchion, he extended the frontiers thousands of miles, and then refused to usurp the regal dignity or transmit it to his posterity, but first established rules for an elective administration. History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society 2011-09-27T02:00:16.967Z "Julia, have you not finished with monsieur?" said the old woman impatiently, looking angrily at the long falchion of the chevalier, which, every time he moved, threatened her cat's eyes. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z The god then drew his falchion, and cut off the head of Argus with a single blow. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z His falchion swoops, his falchion stoops, down sinks the turbaned lord. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Lifted an ensign never to be furled, Unsheathed a falchion evermore to flame, Till earth-born realms, in one wide empire rolled, 2720 Hail conquering Christ as life and light of all. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z Go not defenceless thus; think on thy safety, See, yonder porch opes to the armoury; There coats of mailed proof, falchions, and casques, And all the glittering implements of war, Stand terribly arrang'd. The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-07-03T02:00:12.153Z Hark! the insulting foeman's cry; They are coming—quick, my falchion! Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z He had girded on a little dirk, scarce larger than a toothpick, and behind him came a strapping negro, laden with the falchion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z A nephew of the slain enchanter next assaulted the young knight, but he too fell before the magic falchion of Urganda. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Rise, Spain, and witness how thy fair Castile Has bled upon Najarra's fatal hill, When sullen Najarilla's voiceless flow Rang to the buckler's clang and falchion's blow, And legions melted as a morning's snow. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z Priests, nobles, warriors, baalomaals, and pages, stood around the throne, which was flanked by a long line of attendants, bearing straight silver falchions of antique Roman model, belonging to the different churches. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z There was one a leader crowned, And armed for Greece that day; But the falchions made no sound On his gleaming war array. Heathen Mythology Attorney General Sewell trembled us he received the deep cuts from the falchion quill of this devoted patriot. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The stout Minaya leaps in selle, and falchion in hand Strews death to left and right, his trust to rout the Moor right soon. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Yet thine old love's falchion brave is as strong a thing to have, As the will of lady fair. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II At his side marched the bearers of the straight falchions, sheathed in scabbards of polished silver. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z When crimes provoke us, Heaven success denies, The dart falls harmless, and the falchion flies.' Heathen Mythology "If you have the power to shield her from the sunlight and the wind, You may shield her from stern Sassard when his falchion is untwined." The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life But his falchion snapped in twain with the violence of the blow, and a fierce struggle for Basagante’s axe ended in Amadis wrenching it from his opponent’s grasp and smiting off his head. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z And she swung her light falchion round her head, while the war-cry of the family, "Festina lente!" arose in answer to her inspiriting appeal, and the men rushed forward with new ardour on their foes. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative These resembled the wooden falchion used by the prize-fighters in England, except that they have no guard to save the fingers. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts And now the monarch, old and feeble grown, Resigns the falchion to his valiant son. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The combatants were armed with falchions and small round shields, in the manner of the Thracians, the most esteemed of the gladiators. Old and New London Volume I THE warrior waves his standard high, His falchion flashes in the fray; He madly shouts his battle-cry, And glories in a well-fought day. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Where the bold front that in the breach of wrong Stemm'd the fierce current of insidious foes, Flashing Truth's falchion in the van of Time? Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems The Griffin carried off one sheep a day from a German village, till a man came with a "falchion" and split the Griffin open. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II His eye flashed like a falchion as he saw it, And from his lips there burst the sea-king's laugh; For there, with a fierce joy he knew, he knew Doughty, at last—an open mutineer! Collected Poems Volume One For Ares, to decide the strife, between them rudely dash'd in ire, And waving high his falchion keen, he cleft in twain the golden lyre. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Weep not for Scio's children slain; Their blood, by Turkish falchions shed, Sends not its cry to Heaven in vain For vengeance on the murderer's head. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Saint Mary guard him well! he draws his falchion keen, The giant and the knight are fighting on the green. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Goodness only knew what a falchion was, but there was the Griffin, and his history was an improvement upon the eternal Cat. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II —Starting, feeling one was near her, Gwineth raised her golden head, Looking round her—flashed his falchion, and she sank in silence—dead! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 The king once sat in power, Enthroned in pomp and pride, And his crown still rests upon him, And his falchion rusts beside. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Perseus plung'd His mortal falchion, as the trembling wretch His helpless arms extended, in his breast. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Mid those the stranger fixed his eye, Where that huge falchion hung on high, And thoughts on thoughts, a countless throng, 715 Rushed, chasing countless thoughts along. Lady of the Lake Trembles the thundering field, thick covered o’er With falchions, mangled wings, and streaming gore, And pygmy arms, and beaks of ample size; And here a claw, and there a finger lies. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems And the lightning of our falchions fell like flashes from a forge! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 And he swung his falchion from side to side, cutting off the tops of the young firs, just as if they had been men's heads; but no Scotchman made his appearance. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 Walter, going more gravely into the combat, killed another with his falchion, at the use of which he was expert. The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. The sunbeam coming from a cloud, the white falchion, and the chained hart are heraldic devices belonging to Edward III. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework The crane with darted bill assaults the foe, Hovering; then wheels aloft to scape the blow: The dwarf in anguish aims the vengeful wound; But whirls in empty air the falchion round. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems An Anglo-Norman term for a sword or falchion. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. His trenchant falchion Ráma plied And smote him on the better side, While valiant Lakshmaṇ on the left The arm that held him prisoned cleft. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Even now the crying world-need for men—big men—is as great as in the days when the fighting McKims deserted their hearthstones to answer the call of the falchion's clash or the cannon's roar. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Few men have written with more fire and energy than Mr Macaulay; and, in the heart of a battle, he handles his falchion like a Legionary. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 And nothing could follow but Virginia's bright falchion must flash out, and the states must lock shields and press between her and the giant she had roused. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death A broadsword or falchion fixed on a pike. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. And Ráma's falchion left its trace Deep cut on Śúrpaṇakhá's face: A hideous giantess who came Burning for him with lawless flame. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse So for the first time in the journey Osmund's long falchion saw daylight. Chivalry Among them were lions' heads, sixteen other headpieces, made in quaint fashion for the Turkish magistrates, as well as eight falchions for them, the sheaths covered with green velvet, and bullioned with copper. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries "To-morrow be it," Ezzelin replied, "And here our several worth and truth be tried; I gage my life, my falchion to attest 480 My words, so may I mingle with the blest!" The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 Quickly were heard to sound the ringing strokes of the Champion’s trusty falchion against the black shield of the Giant, whose huge battle-axe dealt many a fearful blow in return. The Seven Champions of Christendom Be the strength of all the land Like a falchion in his hand, And be his gesture sternly grand. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry And presently, in a big splash of moonlight, the armed man's falchion glittered across their way. Chivalry Ronald of Harfenstein was to be his name, and a lyre lying on a falchion and a sword, were to be his arms. Legends of the Rhine Warlike chieftains take their places by their strength of arm and might, And their warrant is their falchion, valour sanctifies their right! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Three more then came on; but standing on the bodies of the prostrate steeds, he with one stroke of his falchion severed their heads from their bodies, which rolled over in the ensanguined dust. The Seven Champions of Christendom Where can you have a more greater succour, Than to behold my person that is so gay; My falchion and my fashion with my gorgeous array? "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays He thought on all his glorious hopes, and all his young renown; He flung the falchion from his side, and in the dust sat down. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two He never moved a step without strong guards attending him: he wore armor under his clothes, and further secured himself by offensive weapons, a sword, falchion, and pistols, which he always carried about him. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell Is Achilles inclined to be proud of the strength of his arm, or the keenness of his falchion, as he grovels in the dust at the slain Amazon’s side? Sword and Gown A Novel Saint George, seeing what had occurred, spurred back in hot haste, and, slashing away with his trusty falchion, severed the feelers after vast exertions and rescued his frightened squire. The Seven Champions of Christendom His dazzling files no more Flash on the Syrian sands, As when from Egypt's ravaged shore, Aloft their gleamy falchions swinging, Aloud their victor pæans singing, Their onward way the Gallic legions took. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan He thought on all his glorious hopes, and all his young renown,— He flung the falchion from his side, and in the dust sat down. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book The former thus speaks of Lacedæmon, There gleams the youth's bright falchion: there the muse Lifts her sweet voice: there awful Justice opes Her wide pavilion. Ideal Commonwealths "Thou," he cries, "Thy blood meanwhile the penalty shall pay For both," and with his falchion bared to slay Springs at Euryalus. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The Irish Champion, nothing daunted, drew his falchion. The Seven Champions of Christendom The general Samara Jambuka, the jackal of war, boasts that he can cleave a roll of butter with his falchion. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists Wide fly the glowing balls, swift falchions glare, And whizzing arrows hide the clouded air. Gustavus Vasa and other poems "Nay," quoth Gerismond, "go with me; I have horse and armor for us all, and then, being well mounted, let us show that we carry revenge and honor at our falchions' points." Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy Weeping, the gilded falchion he untied, Lycaon's work, with sheath of ivory fair. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor And giving his steed to his Squire to hold, he drew his trusty falchion, and stood ready to receive the onslaught of his huge antagonist. The Seven Champions of Christendom So, rising at dawn of day, he buckled on his armour, laced his helmet, and with the falchion Ascalon in his hand, bestrode Bayard, and rode into the Valley of the Dragon. English Fairy Tales Awhile in dumb suspense the hero stood; Then sought the falchion thro' the dusky wood, Resolved the seeming wonder to explore, And search the depths of fate's mysterious lore. Gustavus Vasa and other poems O Paradise! how close art thou beneath the arrow's point and the falchion's flash! Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans He spake, and mad with fury, as he said, Drove the keen falchion through his prostrate foe. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The Knight stood by the side of the crystal lake, and as he stood, his glittering falchion in his hand, the six swans swam gracefully up. The Seven Champions of Christendom Lear's 'I have seen the day, with my good biting falchion I would have made them skip,' v. iii. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth As the pioneer of Christian Science I stood alone in this conflict, endeavoring to smite error with the falchion of Truth. Retrospection and Introspection Over this he slung the water-bottle, which the priest had filled in the meantime, fixed the falchion at his side and put on the horse-hide sandals. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt When lo, the falchion, as the stroke he plies, Snaps short, and leaves him helpless. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor He severed her bonds with a stroke of his keen falchion. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Meantime, while, strenuous, with his falchion's edge The hoary warrior stood slashing the reins, Through multitudes of fierce pursuers borne On rapid wheels, the dauntless charioteer105 Approach'd him, Hector. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Weep not for Scio's children slain; Their blood, by Turkish falchions shed, Sends not its cry to Heaven in vain For vengeance on the murderer's head. Poems With a furious exclamation, Kenkenes slackened his pace only long enough to undo the falchion at his side and rushed to the fight. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Meanwhile, all arms the traitress, as I slept, Stole from the house, and from beneath my head She took the trusty falchion, that I kept To guard the chamber and the bridal bed. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The Sword-slipper of Solingen In Solingen, where the forges rang to the making of sword-blades, many smiths had essayed to imitate the falchions of Damascus, their trenchant keenness and their wondrous golden inlaying. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Hector the body of Patroclus dragg'd, Stript of his arms, with falchion keen erelong Purposing to strike off his head, and cast His trunk, drawn distant, to the dogs of Troy. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Nowise refused he the duties of liegeman When Hun of the Frisians the battle-sword L�fing, 20 Fairest of falchions, friendly did give him: Its edges were famous in folk-talk of Jutland. Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem The Nubian, standing over him, swung his heavy weapon aloft, but Kenkenes thrust his falchion over the fallen man and caught the blow, as it descended, upon the broad back of the blade. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The left hand twists his hoary locks; the right 658 Deep in his side drives home the falchion, bared and bright. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor "Thus o'er the ocean faint and far Trailed the gleam of his falchion brightly: Is it a god, or is it a star, That, entranced, I gaze on nightly?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Laogonus and Dardanus he next Assaulted, sons of Bias; to the ground Dismounting both, one with his spear he slew, The other with his falchion at a blow. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper He "stood on the boundaries of the land, to keep watch on its borders," personally leading his soldiers to battle, armed with the khopesh or falchion. Ancient Egypt The Egyptian falchion was nothing more than a sword-shaped ax. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Down leaps the maid in fury, and her steed Hands to a comrade, and with arms matched fair, And dauntless heart, confronts him on the mead, Her shield unblazoned, and her falchion bare. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor But Bertha only replied: Sir Arthur swung his falchion keen— The serf implored in vain;— The knight is galloping away— The serf lies on the plain! The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century As the eagle darts355 Right downward through a sullen cloud to seize Weak lamb or timorous hare, so brandishing His splendid falchion, Hector rush'd to fight. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The lady gat her to the tower, She clomb the battlement; She watched and greet, while through the woods The glittering falchions went. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Plunging his falchion in the sand to hide its stain, he went back to the fallen soldier. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Forth springs Æneas, glorying in his prize, And plucks the glittering falchion from his thigh, "Where now is fierce Mezentius? where," he cries, "That fiery spirit?" The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I am dying, Egypt, dying; Hark! the insulting foeman's cry, They are coming! quick, my falchion! Memories and Anecdotes So doubted he, and undecided yet Stood drawing forth his falchion huge; when lo! The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Red mantles had the Langbard's men, corslets ornamented, towering helms; girded they were with falchions, brown were their locks. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson And after the festivities in celebration of her prowess, she laid down pike and falchion, bull-hide shield and helmet, and took up the chisel and brush, the spindle and loom once more. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Then fiercer waxed the Dardan's wrath, and Fate The threads had gathered, for their forceful sway 973 Hilt-deep within his breast the falchion urged its way. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor But resolve me this: Hast dyed thy falchion deep in Argive blood? The Seven Plays in English Verse All quarters else with falchion or with lance, Or with huge stones he ranged, but cautious shunn'd The encounter of the Telamonian Chief. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper From the sheath they drew the iron blade, the falchion's edges, for Hel's delight. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson At length, to end the bluidy deeds, They raised their falchions keen, And down upon each other's heads They clove them to the chin. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. The left arm, as for battle, bears again The brazen shield, and from the neck depends The ivory-hilted falchion of the slain. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor His brows were blanched; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath; Red fields had heard his armour clang. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892 Hector the ashen lance of Ajax smote With his broad falchion, at the nether end, And lopp'd it sheer. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper His spear he brandished, his shield he shook, made his horse curvet, and his falchion drew, strife began to raise, the field to redden, carnage to make; and conquer lands. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Five years ago I vowed to Heaven upon my falchion blade To build the tower; and to this hour my vow hath not been paid. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Next, at his throat as bold Strymonius flew, The glittering falchion severed at a blow The lifted hand. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor About this time Sheffield began to be famous for the manufacture of falchion heads, arrows, files, and whittles. Rides on Railways And Ráma's falchion left its trace Deep cut on Súrpanakhá's face:— A hideous giantess who came Burning for him with lawless flame. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Now a hard fate has befallen the warrior, when a prince must barley grind: much more fitting to that hand is the falchion's hilt than a mill-handle. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Your brow is sad; your eyes beneath flash like a falchion from its sheath. The American Baron Wielding his four-footed falchion, he extended the frontiers and refused to accept the Royal Dignity. George Washington, Volume I “Stretch thou down thy right hand here, Take the falchion from my side; If thou break thy father’s hill, Dreadful wo will thee betide.” Targum Long drawn, beneath the genial skies, He saw deep-fruited vineyards rise; On every hill the bladed corn Flashed like the falchions of the morn Before Ben Hafed’s wistful eyes. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland In conflict ye have engaged, when your kindred ye avenged, and stained with blood the falchion's edge. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson So for the first time in the journey Osmund’s long falchion saw daylight. Chivalry They soon caught the fellow, and having "pumped" out of him all about the Trojan plans, and the arrival of Rhesus, Diomed smote him with his falchion on the mid-neck and slew him. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook No wise of thee have I heard men tell such terror of falchions, bitter battle. Beowulf The assailants, wielding their falchions with one hand, strove with the other to drag down the structure of the barricade. The Black Arrow Young fellow! young fellow! by what fellow art thou begot? of what people are thou the son? that thou in Fafnir reddenst thy glittering falchion? The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson And presently, in a big splash of moonlight, the armed man’s falchion glittered across their way. Chivalry And fell into such fit of deep despair, He there resolved to die; and, to that end, Planted the pommel of his falchion bare I' the ground, its point against his breast to bend. Orlando Furioso Yet so it befell, his falchion pierced that wondrous worm, -- on the wall it struck, best blade; the dragon died in its blood. Beowulf No falchion from his baldric swung, He wore a white rose in its place. The Poems of Sidney Lanier Sigurd the southern laid a naked sword, a glittering falchion, between them; nor the damsel did he kiss, nor did the Hunnish king to his arm lift her. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson May the fiends have my soul if I stain not My sharp-edged falchion once over! The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald Mounted upon an immense steed, and himself of colossal strength, he was seen charging alone upon the assailants, and scattering numbers to the ground with the sweep of his enormous two-handed falchion. Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Complete Mounted upon an immense steed, and himself of colossal strength, he was seen charging alone upon the assailants, and scattering numbers to the ground with the sweep of his enormous two- handed falchion. Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II. "Up to the hilt his shining falchion sheathed." Tales and Novels — Volume 04 A horse and falchion I from my stores will give thee, and also with a ring reward thee, if thou the Æsir wilt not requite with malice. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Once, if anything be by the sword to be got, This falchion and I will have part to our lot. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Trembles the thundering field, thick cover'd o'er With falchions, mangled wings, and streaming gore; And pigmy arms, and beaks of ample size, And here a claw, and there a finger, lies. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes He thrusts, parries and swings the sword as a falchion. The Delicious Vice Arnold's dread falchion, with terrific sway, Rolls on the ranks and rules the doubtful day, Confounds with one wide sweep the astonish'd foes, And bids at last the scene of slaughter close. The Columbiad Thou hast given me lordship and wealth and fortune and girded my midst With the falchion of valour and wreathed my forehead with victory's bays. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II I would he were rocked or dandled in your lap; Or I would with this falchion I might give him pap. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 The crane with darted bill assaults the foe, Hovering; then wheels aloft to 'scape the blow: The dwarf in anguish aims the vengeful wound; But whirls in empty air the falchion round. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes Seize thy father's ancient falchion, Which once flashed as freedom's star! War Poetry of the South Britons and Germans hurry from the field, Now wrapt in dust, and now to sight reveal'd; Behind, swift Washington his falchion drives, Thins the pale ranks, but saves submissive lives. The Columbiad No; 'twas she, the maid, Herself before me beaming, With casque arrayed and falchion blade Beneath her girdle gleaming! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Only Tripet would have traitorously cleft his head with his horseman's sword, or lance-knight falchion; but he was well armed, and felt nothing of the blow but the weight of the stroke. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Come quickly with thy winged feet and flashing falchion! The Virginians Nor, even then, conquered by the Norman sword, but exhausted by a hundred wounds, that brave chief fell 275, and the falchion vainly pierced him, falling. Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Far better she, when, with her soothing lyre, ��She charms the falchion from the savage grasp, And melting into pity vengeful ire, ��Looses the bloody breastplate's iron clasp. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas The myrtle round that falchion spread Which struck the immortal blow, Throughout all time with leaves unshed— The patriot's hope, the tyrant's dread— Round Freedom's shrine shall grow. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Spears shook; falchions flashed; arrows fell like rain; crests rose, and stooped, and rose again. The Prose Marmion A Tale of the Scottish Border Look! how the giants' heads tumble off as, falchion in hand, he gallops over the bridge on his white charger! The Virginians They their broad shields Quick interpose; on each devoted head Their flaming falchions, as the bolts of Jove, Descend unerring. The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan TACTUS, in a dark-coloured satin mantle over a pair of silk bases, a garland of bays, mixed with white and red roses, upon a black grogram, a falchion, wrought sleeves, buskins, &c. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 "Oft when in childhood I have played "With the bright falchion by his side, "I've heard him swear his lisping maid "In time should be a warrior's bride. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes O'er Persia's fertile fields The savage Turk in vain his falchion wields; When King Káús this bold invasion hears, And mighty Rustem clad in arms appears! The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 For these no clashing falchions bright, No stirring battle-cry; The bloodless stabber calls by night,— Each answers, "Here am I!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 The former thus speaks of Lacedæmon: Then gleams the youth's bright falchion; then the Muse Lifts her sweet voice; then awful Justice opes Her wide pavilion. Mosaics of Grecian History His hair was dark, —his eye beneath Flashed like falchion from its sheath. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 In the same manner, he proved satisfactorily, that the word sword comprehended all descriptions, whether backsword or basket-hilt, cut-and-thrust or rapier, falchion, or scimitar. The Abbot Lord Abbot," said Sir Piercie, "this is nothing to the fate of my Molinara, whom I beseech you to observe, I will not abandon, while golden hilt and steel blade bide together on my falchion. The Monastery But Le Beau Disconus leapt out of the saddle, like a spark from a torch, and drove at him with his falchion, fierce as a lion. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 The armor and falchion of old give place to the new weapons of modern warfare—less weighty, but perhaps as trenchant. Charles Lamb Thus sheath'd in shining brass, in bright array The legions march, and Neptune leads the way: His brandish'd falchion flames before their eyes, Like lightning flashing through the frighted skies. The Iliad Then they brought forth Coláda and Tizón, the falchions twain, Straightway they gave them over to the King their sovereign's hands. The Lay of the Cid At that moment a hundred falchions flashed in the sunbeams, and the shouts of "Wallace!" came loudly on the breeze. The Scottish Chiefs The cannon roar loud, the sword flashes bright, Who'll dare meet the stroke of my falchion? A Word, Only a Word — Complete While I have better business in hand, you shall know only the smooth of my tongue and the flat of my falchion. If I Were King Thy life, Echeclus! next the sword bereaves, Deep though the front the ponderous falchion cleaves; Warm'd in the brain the smoking weapon lies, The purple death comes floating o'er his eyes. The Iliad His falchion had glanced in the tide of battle, and his stout arm had dealt many a fatal blow to the Cossack forces, that sought to conquer and possess themselves of all Circassia. The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus He seized Edwin; and while his falchion flashed terrible threatenings in their eyes, with a backward step he fought his passage to one of the wooden towers he had fastened to the wall. The Scottish Chiefs Then at the altar Wilton kneels, And Clare the spurs bound on his heels; And think what next he must have felt At buckling of the falchion belt! Marmion The next who came was Halfdan, a light-haired swain: His countenance was noble, but weak and vain; He gaily bore a falchion, with which he gestured, And seemed a youthful maiden, in armor vestured. Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance While yet he trembled at his knees, and cried, The ruthless falchion oped his tender side; The panting liver pours a flood of gore That drowns his bosom till he pants no more. The Iliad His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier When Al-Ghazban saw her on the ground, Satan entered into him and he drew his falchion and brandishing it in her face, said "O my lady, vouchsafe me thy favours." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 Won by my proofs, his falchion bright This eve anew shall dub me knight. Marmion So saying, he drew his falchion from his side and rushed at once to combat. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable No room to poise the lance or bend the bow; But hand to hand, and man to man, they grow: Wounded, they wound; and seek each other's hearts With falchions, axes, swords, and shorten'd darts. The Iliad Thus speaking, from the ground the sword he took Which Agelaus' dying hand forsook: Full through his neck the weighty falchion sped; Along the pavement roll'd the muttering head. The Odyssey I am alone;—my bugle-strain May call some straggler of the train; Or, fall the worst that may betide, Ere now this falchion has been tried.' The Lady of the Lake Let us look further into the matter: His brow was sad; his eyes beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! A Plea for Old Cap Collier For example— “And think what he must next have felt, At buckling of the falchion belt.” Essays in Little Thus on retreating Greece the Trojans pour, Wave their thick falchions, and their javelins shower: But Ajax turning, to their fears they yield, All pale they tremble and forsake the field. The Iliad Struck at the sight I melt with filial woe, And down my cheek the pious sorrows flow, Yet as I shook my falchion o'er the blood, Regardless of her son the parent stood. The Odyssey I have seen the day, with my good biting falchion I would have made them skip: I am old now, And these same crosses spoil me.—Who are you? King Lear Then did the ample marge And circuit of thy targe Sullenly redden all the vaward fight, Above the blusterous clash Wheeled thy swung falchion's flash And hewed their forces into splintered flight. New Poems If the sight I saw in the tent of King Richard escaped thine observation, I will account it duller than the edge of a buffoon's wooden falchion. The Talisman The falchions ring, shields rattle, axes sound, Swords flash in air, or glitter on the ground; With streaming blood the slippery shores are dyed, And slaughter'd heroes swell the dreadful tide. The Iliad I heard incensed, and first resolved to speed My flying falchion at the rebel's head. The Odyssey Thus o'er the ocean faint and far Trailed the gleam of his falchion brightly; Is it a God, or is it a star That, entranced, I gaze on nightly! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Him with that falchion in his hand behold, Who comes before the three, even as their lord. Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete The Baptist's fair morrow beheld gallant feats— There was winning of honour and losing of seats; There was hewing with falchions and splintering of staves— The victors won glory, the vanquish'd won graves. The Talisman On him the war is bent, the darts are shed, And all their falchions wave around his head: Repulsed he stands, nor from his stand retires; But with repeated shouts his army fires. The Iliad Now swift I waved my falchion o'er the blood; Back started the pale throngs, and trembling stood, Round the black trench the gore untasted flows, Till awful from the shades Tiresias rose. The Odyssey His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow And now both heroes their broad falchions drew In flaming circles round their heads they flew; But then by heralds' voice the word was given. The Iliad A long, broad, straight-shaped, double-edged falchion, with a handle formed like a cross, corresponded with a stout poniard on the other side. The Talisman Scarce had his falchion cut the reins, and freed The encumber'd chariot from the dying steed, When dreadful Hector, thundering through the war, Pour'd to the tumult on his whirling car. The Iliad Wide o'er the pool thy falchion waved around Shall drive the spectres from unbidden ground: The sacred draught shall all the dead forbear, Till awful from the shades arise the seer. The Odyssey Then, sudden whirling, like a waving flame, My beamy falchion, I assault the dame. The Odyssey |
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