vanward

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A vanward regiment of the Prussian packs Has gained the shadow of the city walls.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

This mighty consummation made, the host Mov'd on for many a league; and gain'd, and lost Huge sea-marks; vanward swelling in array, And from the rear diminishing away,– Till a faint dawn surpris'd them.

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John

Till this hour St. George's standard Led the advancing march of time; England! keep it streaming vanward, Conqueror over age and clime!'

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

This was now the battle-road of the Host, and the vanward entered it at once, turning their backs upon the Shivering Flood.

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

A man should be only partially before his time: to be completely to the vanward in aspirations is fatal to fame.

From The Return of the Native by Hardy, Thomas