Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright,
Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.


On the Death of Sheridan. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)


Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.