“Hast thou not learnd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old, That no success attends on spears and swords Unblest, and that the battle is the Lords?” ArtStillsSuccessLordBattleSacredSpears Book:Table talk, Truth, Expostulation, Hope, Charity, and other poems Source: Table talk, Truth, Expostulation, Hope, Charity, and other poems
“Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.” MindWellsHeartMayStillsFacesWishSecretWatchesCitizensTongueCheerfulSpearsGood Wishes Author:Solon
“Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife, and carnage drear, Of Flodden's fatal field, When shiver'd was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield!” StillsWarFieldsSonBrokenFairsScotlandStrifeShieldsSpearsShiverCarnage Author:Walter Scott