"Heaven is our witness that we do not rejoice in the effusion of blood or the carnage of the human species-but, having been forced to draw the sword, we are determined never to sheathe it-slaves to Britain.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
The scenery is full of grandeur, the rocks sheathe themselves into the sky, and nothing grows there except a little cypress here and there, and a straggling olive tree; and the fountain works out its soul in its stony prison, and runs away in a green rapid stream.
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon
He was almost counting the hours until the time when he could sheathe his sword and say with honor, "I resign."
"His Sombre Rivals"
E. P. Roe