...is unnecessary to be particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary poet, who has written but too little— " The knights are dust,...castles themselves are but green mounds and shattered ruins—the place that once knew them, knows them no more—nay, many a race since theirs has died...

...Lion, as needs be wished for. The gallant knights are distinguished by their belts and gilded spurs. The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust. Two grades of knights were instituted somewhat later — the banneret and the bachelor. The retinue...

...is unnecessarytobe particular on these subjects. To borrow lines from a contemporary poet, who has written but too little — . The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, 9 Their souls 'are with the saints we trust. Their escutcheons have long mouldered from the walls of...

...CHIVALRY. WE are now arrived at that part of our subject CHAP. where we may say with the poet, VII, " The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust : Their souls are with the saints, we trust." With Italy the historical tracing ceases of that system of principles which for so many centuries formed...

...CHIVALRY. VTE are now arrived at that part of our subject CHAP. where we may say with the poet, VI1' " The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust: Their souls are with the saints, we trust." With Italy the historical tracing ceases of that system of principles which for so many centuries formed...

...who follow his standard. The vision is over, the airy castle has vanished — " The knights are dust, Their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints we trust." And a rude and solitary boat is rocking under the windows of a poor white-washed wirthshaus, which,...

...country — not one will parade in moonshine the black armour winch has long rusted upon their tombs. "' The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust ; Their souls are with the saints, we trust.' Look around, Sir Knight, you have above and around you the men of whom we speak. Beneath us, in a little...

...will parade in moonshine the black armour which has long rusted upon their tombs. ' The knights ore dust, And their good swords are rust ; Their souls are with the saints, we trust' Look around, Sir Knight, you have above and around you the men of whom we speak. Beneath us, in a little...

...in moonshine the black armour which has long rusted upon their tombs. ' The knights are dint, •; And their good swords are rust; Their souls are with the saints, we trust.' Look around, Sir Knight, you have above and around you the men of whom we speak. Beneath us, in a little...

...supposed to have occasioned the introduction of supporters into the science of heraldry. LINES — The Knights are dust, And their good swords are rust } Their souls are with the saints, we trust.~P. 132. These lines are part of an unpublished poem by Coleridge, whose muse so often tantalizes...