vanward
Example Sentences
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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 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
“She is not Cleopatra, but she is at least Charmian,” wrote Keats, conscious that his damsel was not in the vanward of the pageant of ladies.
From Hearts of Controversy by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
In the vanward, or vanguard; misprinted "vanward" in some editions.
From The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
And I’ll lead the vanward, lord, Thorough the English country.’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Frank Sidgwick
