"Losel" Quotes from Famous Books
... Upon a field of azure fair, A castle and a falcon, set Below a chief of golden fret. And in our day a certain knight Prayed to be worsted in no fight, And so it happed to him: yet he Died none the less most wretchedly. And all his prowess was in vain, For by a losel was he slain, As on the highway side he slept One summer night, of no ... — The Earthly Paradise - A Poem • William Morris
... never knew A man more opportune my wants to stead; I know not whether any one to you Perchance may have announced my pressing need Of such fair arms, — or you conjectured true, — As well as of that goodly sable weed. You verily arrived in season are My needs (pursued the losel) to repair." ... — Orlando Furioso • Lodovico Ariosto |