Upon it one day there stumbled a fiery dragon-a firedrake-and for three hundred years the monster gloated, unchallenged, over the magnificent possession.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
But he was an old man, and strength had gone from him, nor was he able now to wrestle with the firedrake as once he had wrestled with the Grendel and the Wolf-Woman, but had to trust to his arms.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
But with a loud voice the old warrior shouted an arrogant challenge of defiance to his enemy, and the firedrake rushed forth from its lair, roaring with the roar of an unquenchable fire whose fury will destroy a city.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang