Opportunity<\/strong><\/h3>\nBy Edward Rowland Sill<\/p>\n
This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:-
\nThere spread a cloud of dust along a plain;
\nAnd underneath the cloud, or in it, raged
\nA furious battle, and men yelled, and swords
\nShocked upon swords and shields. A prince’s banner
\nWavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by foes.
\nA craven hung along the battle’s edge,
\nAnd thought, “Had I a sword of keener steel-
\nThat blue blade that the king’s son bears,-but this
\nBlunt thing-!” he snapt and flung it from his hand,
\nAnd lowering crept away and left the field.
\nThen came the king’s son, wounded, sore bestead,
\nAnd weaponless, and saw the broken sword,
\nHilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand,
\nAnd ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout
\nLifted afresh he hewed his enemy down,
\nAnd saved a great cause that heroic day.<\/p>\n
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