"Helmed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the parting Myrmidons And counter-cries of leaguer and of town Are hushed behind her as the silks drop down; Alone she stands, and wonderingly cons Heads circleted with gold or helmed with bronze; Higher her eyes from crown to loftier crown Creep, till they fall, nigh-blasted, at the frown Of Argos, throned ...
— Miscellany of Poetry - 1919 • Various
... city. The event of the battle was decided by the treachery of the Count of Caserta, Manfred's brother-in-law. At the end of the day only a few knights remained with him, whom he led in the last charge. As he helmed himself, the crest fell from his helmet. "Hoc est signum Dei," he said,—so accepting what he saw to be the purpose of the Ruler of all things; not claiming God as his friend. not asking anything of Him, as if His purpose could be changed; ...
— Val d'Arno • John Ruskin
... not, grey rider of the sable cloud, Thy banquet is prepared! The maidens of Valhalla look forth, The race of Hengist will send them guests. Shake your black tresses, maidens of Valhalla! And strike your loud timbrels for joy! Many a haughty step bends to your halls, Many a helmed head. ...
— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott
... arrived; in his right hand Grasping ten thousand thunders, which he sent Before him, such as in their souls infixed Plagues: they, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropt; O'er shields, and helms, and helmed heads he rode Of thrones and mighty seraphim prostrate, That wished the mountains now might be again Thrown on them, as a shelter from his ire. Nor less on either side tempestuous fell His arrows, from the fourfold-visaged Four Distinct with eyes, and from the living wheels ...
— The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 • Various
... of Mars and brazen-helmed Hector, neither were driven at any time back to their sable ships, nor did they advance forward to battle; but always kept giving ground, since they had heard that Mars was ...
— The Iliad of Homer (1873) • Homer |
