The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust.'* Their escutcheons have long mouldered from the walls of their castles. Ivanhoe - Page 87by Walter Scott - 1923 - 514 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...breeze caught them, joined with the restless motion of the feathers to add liveliness to the scene. The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust,...the saints, we trust. Their escutcheons have long moldered from the walls of their castles. Their castles themselves are but green mounds and shattered... | |
 | 1901 - 686 pages
...devices, their colors, and the embroidery of their horse trappings. It is unnecessary to be particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary...rust ; Their souls are with the saints, we trust." sbattered rains; the place that once knew them knows them no more : nay, many a race since theirs has... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1901 - 404 pages
...truly worthy of our steel, is now alive, but we can say in all sincerity : " Their bones are all dust, Their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust." antiquarian L We shall be glad to receive information from our readers for insertion under this heading.... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1901 - 452 pages
...truly worthy of our steel, is now alive, but we can say in all sincerity : " Their bones are all dust, Their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust." antiquarian We shall be glad to receive information from our readers for insertion under this heading.]... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 440 pages
...breeze caught them, joined with the restless motion of the feathers to add liveliness to the scene. The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust,...the saints, we trust. Their escutcheons have long moldered from the walls of their castles. Their castles themselves are but green mounds and shattered... | |
 | Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor - 1904 - 396 pages
...devices, their colors, and the embroidery of their horse trappings. It is unnecessary to be particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary...the saints, we trust. Their escutcheons have long moldered from the walls of their castles. Their castles themselves are but green mounds and shattered... | |
 | Charles Moor - 1904 - 422 pages
...monument in Gainsburgh to the " Good Earl of Kingston," or the " Gallant Colonel Cavendish." " Their bones are dust, And their good swords are rust ; Their souls are with the Saints, we trust." CHAPTER XIII. CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.— GAINSBURGH TOKENS. — MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. —... | |
 | 1906 - 594 pages
...devices, their colors, and the embroidery of their horse-trappings. It is unnecessary to be particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary...the saints, we trust. Their escutcheons have long moldered from the walls of their castles. The castles themselves are but green mounds and shattered... | |
 | John Fox (Jr.) - 1906 - 632 pages
...prepared for the soaring flight the Hon. Sam took now. He started with one finger pointed heavenward : " The knights are dust And their good swords are rust; Their souls are with the saints, we trust. " Scepticism is but a harmless phantom in these mighty hills. We believe that with the saints is the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1906 - 568 pages
...devices, their colors, and the embroidery of their horse trappings. It is unnecessary to be particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary poet, who has written but too little — • Cap-a-pie : from head to foot. The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their... | |
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