"Laurer" Quotes from Famous Books
... sanguin, A fewe fraknes in his face yspreint, Betwixen yelwe and blake somdel ymeint, And as a leon he his loking caste. Of five-and-twenty yere his age I caste. His berd was wel begonnen for to spring; His vois was as a trompe thondering. Upon his hed he wered of laurer grene A gerlond fresshe, and lusty for to sene. Upon his hond he bare for his deduit An egle tame, as any lily whit. An hundred lordes had he with him there All armed save hir hedes in all hir gere, Full richely in alle manere thinges. ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 • Various |