| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1870 - 664 pages
...There came a knight upon a steed of brnss, And in his hand a broad mirror of glass ; Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring, And by his side a naked sword hanging : And up he rode unto the higlit! board. In all the hall waa there not spoke a word,... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - Arthurian romances - 1874 - 442 pages
...Herking his minstralles thir thinges play, Beforne him at his bord deliciously, In at the halle door all sodenly Ther came a knight upon a stede of bras, And in his hond a brocl mirrour of glas ; Upon his thombe he had of gold a ring, And by his side a naked sword hanging;... | |
| Mabinogion - 1877 - 538 pages
...cours While that this king sit thus iu his nobley, Herking his miuistralles Lir thinges pley Beforne him at his bord deliciously, In at the halle dore al sodenly Ther came a knight upon a stede of bra*, And in his hond a brod mirrour of glas ; Upon his thombe he had of gold a ring, And by his side... | |
| Mythology, Celtic - 1877 - 532 pages
...cours While that this king sit thus iu his nobley, Herking his ministralles liir thinges pley Beforne him at his bord deliciously, In at the halle dore al sodenly Ther came a knight upon a stede of bra", And in his hond a brod mirrour of glas ; Upon his thombe he had of gold a ring, And by his side... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 pages
...in his nobl£y, 9 Herking his minstrall6s hir thinge's pley Beforne him at his bord deliciously, Tn at the halle' dore, al sodenly, Ther came a knight upon a stede of bras, And in his hond a brod 10 mirrour of glas; Upon his thombe he had of gold a ring; And by his side a naked swerd hanging, And... | |
| College of preceptors - 1882 - 528 pages
...cours, While that this king sit thus in his nobley, Herking his ministralles hir thinges pley, Beforne him at his bord deliciously, In at the halle dore al sodenly There came a knight upon a stede of bras, And in his hond a brod mirrour of glas ; Upon his thombe... | |
| Archaeology - 1888 - 374 pages
...have worn this ring, like the knight in the Squieres Tale, who is thus described by Chaucer : — " Upon his thombe he had of gold a ring, And by his side a naked sword hanging." This brings us to Mr. Robinson's opinion of the ring : — " The ring is unique. It... | |
| John Milton - 1889 - 222 pages
...There came a knight upon a steed of brass, And in his hand a broad mirr6r of glass ; Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring And by his side a naked sword hanging. The king of ' Araby and Ind ' had sent the horse as a present to Cambuscan, and the... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - Chivalry - 1895 - 436 pages
...minstralles thirthiuges play, Beforne him at his bord deliciously, In at the halle door all sodculy Ther came a knight upon a stede of bras, And in his bond a brod mirrour of glas, Upon his thombe he had of gold a ring, And by his side a naked sword hanging;... | |
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