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Page xxxiv
... Sword and the Sickle ( p . 142 ) . Here the sword stands for war and strife and the ' barren heath ' for the wastefulness and death which strife produces ; the sickle and ' the fruitful field ' stand for productive labour , life and ...
... Sword and the Sickle ( p . 142 ) . Here the sword stands for war and strife and the ' barren heath ' for the wastefulness and death which strife produces ; the sickle and ' the fruitful field ' stand for productive labour , life and ...
Page 39
... sword . For surely Godric , Odda's cowardly boy , has beaten us all By stealing the battle - horse spread with kingly armour- Men thought it must be our most worthy master Who fled therefore the field is made forceless and faint ...
... sword . For surely Godric , Odda's cowardly boy , has beaten us all By stealing the battle - horse spread with kingly armour- Men thought it must be our most worthy master Who fled therefore the field is made forceless and faint ...
Page 142
... Sword and the Sickle TH HE sword sung on the barren heath , The sickle in the fruitful field : The sword he sung a song of death , But could not make the sickle yield . And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time A ND did those feet in ancient ...
... Sword and the Sickle TH HE sword sung on the barren heath , The sickle in the fruitful field : The sword he sung a song of death , But could not make the sickle yield . And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time A ND did those feet in ancient ...
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