Or ever the knightly years were gone, With the old world to the grave, I was a king in Babylon, And you were a Christian slave. Poems - Página 164de William Ernest Henley - 1905 - 255 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1917 - 644 páginas
...were its masters. The Crusaders, under its name, spoke of the Arab cities which supplanted it : — " Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old...king in Babylon, And you were a Christian slave." The*site of Memphis, however, was once again to become the seat of empire. Roman Egypt had centred... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1892 - 454 páginas
...sword is at his left side, a little above my heart. Follows my seal. 'THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD.' ' Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old...a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slave." WE HENLEY. His name was Charlie Hears ; he was the only son of his mother who was a widow, and he lived... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1897 - 416 páginas
...a box of matches will make clear the mystery of Bubbling Well Road. "THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD" "Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old...a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slave." WE Htnlej. His name was Charlie Mears; he was the only son of his mother, who was a widow, and he lived... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1898 - 410 páginas
...a box of matches will make clear the mystery of Bubbling Well Road. "THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD" "Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old...a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slave." WE Henley. His name was Charlie Mears; he was the only son of his mother, who was a widow, and he lived... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1898 - 444 páginas
...sword is at his left side, a little above my heart. Follows my seaL 'THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD.' ' Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old...a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slave.' WE HENLEY. His name was Charlie Hears ; he was the only son of his mother who was a widow, and he lived... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 248 páginas
...Superintendent. And there the matter rests. "THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD" "THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD" " Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old...a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slave." — IV. E. Henley. HIS name was Charlie Mears; he was the only son of his mother who was a widow, and... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 802 páginas
...the grating and whispered — '1 am here'" . . . 707 Indian T«l» "THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD" " Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old...a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slave." — WE HenUy. HIS name was Charlie Mears; he was the only son of his mother who was a widow, and he... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 444 páginas
...box of matches will make clear the mystery of Bubbling Well Road. 103 "THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD" "Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old world to the grare, I was a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slave." WE Henley. His name was Charlie Mears;... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1901 - 196 páginas
...the master of my fate ; I am the captain of my soul." Others with a true touch of romance, as— " Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old...King in Babylon, And you were a Christian slave." And here and there we come across such felicitous phrases as — " In the sand The gold prow-griffin... | |
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