vanward
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In the vanward, or vanguard; misprinted "vanward" in some editions.
From The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
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 John Keats
Then also, in the vanity of youth, For show of nimbleness, he started oft505 Into the vanward, till at last he fell.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
And the carle yeasaid this, after staring about him a while, and they gave him spear and shield, and he went with the vanward as a way-leader.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
And where it trod he saw the torch Of conflagration stalk the skies, And in the vanward of its march The monster form of Havoc rise.
From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
