...foes, and his strong arm struck them from their saddles on all sides. Well indeed might he sing : — " My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough...thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of teu, Because my heart is pure. The shattering trumpet shrilleth high, The hard brands shiver on the...

...are gone foi aye, A brighter sun will rise ami shine On our eternal wedding-day! A GOOD OLD BISHOP. ' My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough...lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength often, Because my heart is pure.' Tennyson's ' Sir Galahml.' ' AS sufficient justice boon done to the...

...many of us read of that legendary "knight of God," in whose lips the poet has put the noble words : "My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure." Alas ! the sad reason why our strength is often little better than a coward's is because our heart...

...tapera burning fair." SIR GALAHAD. MY good blade carves the casques of men, My tuugh Innce thrueteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. The. shattering trampet ehrilleth high, The himl brands shiver on the steel, The epliuter'd spear-shafts crack and...

...all the knights of the Round Table, Sir Galahad, besides being one of the bravest, was the purest. "My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure ; My strength ia as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure." Beyond Sir Galahad are introduced the hermit-priest...

...oat to battle with some evil dragon. A most formidable set of warriors, too, for each one can say, ' My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.' " The speaker was the talented young Millburgh lawyer, a tall gentleman, with a broad forehead, gray, courageous...

...Eternity, One sabbath deep and wide — A light upon the shining sea — The Bridegroom with his bride t SIR GALAHAD. MY good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thnisteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. The shattering trumpet...

...youthful, and whose moral fibre was firmly braced, by reason of the God-fearing life he had led. " My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure." Let the world say what it will, it is this strong self-control, this chastity of soul, and mind, and...

...Kings of the Mediterranean "? * Byron, Siege of Corinth. CHAPTER IX. THE SEA-KINGS, IN THEIR VICTORY. ' My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough...strength Is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.1 Sir Galahad— TENNYSON. Courage of Valette — His speech and preparations — English cavaliers...

...deep and wide — A light upon the shining sea — The Bridegroom with his bride ! SIR GALAHAD. Vgood blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth...shrilleth high, The hard brands shiver on the steel, The splinter'd spear-shafts crack and fly, The horse and rider reel : They reel, they roll in clanging...