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Famous Gauntlets Poems by Famous Poets

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...is hauberk, on the fret
The while! His foot ... my memory leaves
No least stamp out, nor how anon
He pulled his ringing gauntlets on.

XVI.

And e'en before the trumpet's sound
Was finished, prone lay the false knight,
Prone as his lie, upon the ground:
Gismond flew at him, used no sleight
O' the sword, but open-breasted drove,
Cleaving till out the truth he clove.

XVII.

Which done, he dragged him to my feet
And said ``Here die, but end thy breath
``In full confession, lest...Read more of this...
by Browning, Robert



...e morning, a Sunday morning, shadows of sea and adumbrants of rock in her eyes … horseback in leather boots and leather gauntlets by the sea.

In the evening, a Sunday evening, a rope of pearls on her white shoulders … and a speaking, brooding black velvet, relapsing to the voiceless … battering Russian marches on a piano … drive of blizzards across Nebraska.

Yes, riding horseback on hills by the sea … sitting at the ivory keys in black velvet, a rope of pearls on white shou...Read more of this...
by Sandburg, Carl
...Bare-handed, I hand the combs.
The man in white smiles, bare-handed,
Our cheesecloth gauntlets neat and sweet,
The throats of our wrists brave lilies.
He and I

Have a thousand clean cells between us,
Eight combs of yellow cups,
And the hive itself a teacup,
White with pink flowers on it,
With excessive love I enameled it

Thinking 'Sweetness, sweetness.'
Brood cells gray as the fossils of shells
Terrify me, they seem so old.
What am I buyin...Read more of this...
by Plath, Sylvia
...Rule I the nations; 
This is my hammer, 
Mi?lner the mighty; 
Giants and sorcerers 
Cannot withstand it!

These are the gauntlets 
Wherewith I wield it, 
And hurl it afar off; 
This is my girdle; 
Whenever I brace it, 
Strength is redoubled!

The light thou beholdest
Stream through the heavens,
In flashes of crimson,
Is but my red beard 
Blown by the night-wind, 
Affrighting the nations! 
Jove is my brother; 
Mine eyes are the lightning; 
The wheels of my chariot 
Roll in the...Read more of this...
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
...here:' but 'No!' 
Roared the rough king, 'you shall not; we ourself 
Will crush her pretty maiden fancies dead 
In iron gauntlets: break the council up.' 

But when the council broke, I rose and past 
Through the wild woods that hung about the town; 
Found a still place, and plucked her likeness out; 
Laid it on flowers, and watched it lying bathed 
In the green gleam of dewy-tasselled trees: 
What were those fancies? wherefore break her troth? 
Proud looked the lips: but whi...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord



...ctory is a meal.

When Ida puts her apron on
 Her breast-plate is of blue.
(Checked gingham ruffled top and sides)
 Her gauntlets gingham, too;
And thus protected from assault
 Of batter, stain and flour
She wars with vegetable foes
 And conquers in an hour.

When Ida puts her armor on
 She is so fair to see
Her battle with the kitchen folk
 Is reproduced in me;
So sweet she is, armed cap-a-pie,
 So good her kitchen art
I hardly know which loves her best
 My palate or my hear...Read more of this...
by Butler, Ellis Parker

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