A child's book of warriors

341 Pages·1907·29.762 MB·English

by  William Canton

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TO URSULA
FOR you who love heroic things
In summer dream or winter tale,
I tell of warriors, saints, and kings,
In scarlet, sackcloth, glittering mail,
And helmets peaked with iron wings.
They beat down Wrong; they strove for Right.
In ringing fields, on grappled ships,
Singing they flung into the fight;
They fell with triumph on their lips,
And in their eyes a glorious light.
That light still gleams. From far away
Their brave song greets us like a cheer.
We fight the same great fight as they,
Right against Wrong we, now and here
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They, in their fashion, yesterday.

Contents
PAGE
THE ROCK OF NARSINGA i
BALT THE ATTACOT
15
HOW THEY SAVED NlSIBIS 43
HERVE AND CHRISTINA 53
SWORD AND CROSS
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THE SOUL OF JUSTINIAN .
THE GUARDIANS OF ROME
THE Two CHARLEMAGNES 133
GOD'S GLEEMAN 152
IN THE DAYS OF ATHELNEY 176
CHILDREN OF KINGS 191
OLAF THE VIKING . 204
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