 His haughty helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great terror bred ; For all the crest a dragon did enfold With greedy paws, and over all did spread His golden wings...  Dina; Or, Familiar Faces - Page 28by William Patrick Wilkie - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Lodovico Ariosto - Roland (Legendary character) - 1807 - 318 pages
...helmet, with a dragon for liis crest; thus Spenser in his Fairy Queen : His haughty helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great...all the crest a dragon did enfold 'With greedy paws B, i. C. vii. On his shield was engraved the effigies of the Virgin Mary: he bore a lance of uncommon... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...gold, and handle strong Of mother pearl, and buckled with a golden tongue. His haughty helmet, horrid ountain, and with many a rill Watcr'd the garden ;...flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears hie dreadful hideous head Close couched on the beaver, seem'd to throw From flaming mouth bright sparkle*... | |
 | Charles Mills - Chivalry - 1825 - 838 pages
...the splendour of chivalry" is comprised in the helmet of prince Arthur. *' His haughty helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great...dragon did enfold With greedy paws, and over all did spred His golden wings : his dreadful hideous head Close couched on the bever, seem'd to throw From... | |
 | Charles Mills - Chivalry - 1825 - 442 pages
...the splendour of chivalry is comprised in the helmet of prince Arthur. " His haughty helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great...dragon did enfold With greedy paws, and over all did spred His golden wings : his dreadful hideous head Close couched on the bever, seem'd to throw From... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...gold, and handle strong Of mother pearl, and buekled with a golden tongue. His haughty helmet, horrid th retrospeetive eye, Would from th' apparent What, eonelude the Why ; Infe erest a dragon did enfold With greedy paws, and over all did spread H it golden wings; his dreadful... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Books and reading - 1832 - 312 pages
...gold, and handle strong Of mother pearl, and buckled with a golden tongue. His haughty helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great terror bred ; For all the crest a great dragon did enfold With greedy paws, and over all did spread His golden wings ; his dreadful hideous... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Books and reading - 1832 - 304 pages
...gold, aud handle strong Of mother pearl, and buckled with a golden tongue. His haughty helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great terror bred; For all the crest a great dragon did enfold With greedy paws, and over all.did spread His golden wings ; his dreadful hideous... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Books and reading - 1841 - 312 pages
...helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great terror bred; For all the crest a great dragon did enfold With greedy paws, and over all did spread His golden wings ; his dreadful hideous head Close couched on the beaver, seem'd to throw • From flaming mouth bright... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...; and handle strong, Of mother pearl ; and buckled with a golden tongue. His haughty helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great...greedy paws, and over all did spread His golden wings; his dreadful hideous head Close couched on the beaver, seemed to throw From flaming mouth bright sparkles... | |
 | Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1847 - 266 pages
...handle strong Of mother pearl ; and buckled with a golden tongue. XXXI. His haughty helmet, horrid all with gold, Both glorious brightness and great...greedy paws, and over all did spread His golden wings ; his dreadful hideous head Close couched on the beaver, seem'd to throw From flaming mouth bright... | |
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