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" And by his side a naked swerd hanging: And up he rideth to the highe bord. In all -the halle ne was ther spoke a word,. For mervaille of this knight; him to behold Ful besily they waiten yong and old. "
The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 312
by British poets - 1822
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The Canterbury Tales and Faerie Queene; with Other Poems of Chaucer and Spenser

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,...
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Age of Chivalry: Or, Legends of King Arthur

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;...
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The Mabinogion, from the Welsh of the Llyfr coch o Hergest, tr ..., Volume 65

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...
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The Mabinogion: From the Welsh of the Llyfr Coch O Hergest (The Red Book of ...

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...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

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...
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The papers set at the professional preliminary examination

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...
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The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal ..., Volume 1

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...
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Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian ..., Volume 9

Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society - Cumberland (England) - 1888 - 622 pages
...have worn this ring, like the knight in the Squieres Talc, 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...
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Milton's L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Arcades, Lycidas, Sonnets Etc

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...
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The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur, "King Arthur and His Knights ...

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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