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Certainly thou hast not bidden us hither to look deedless at despair.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Dahn, Felix

And now—the one shame wanting yet—shall I stand deedless by Their houses' wrack, nor let my sword cast back that Drances' lie?

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

No hand will be raised against thee; there is no weapon in all the land, save the deedless sword by my side and the weapons which thou bearest.”

From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by Morris, William

Valour is a deedless thing;   And bulk and big assemblage of a man   Cometh to naught, by wisdom unattended.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

What fear, O hearts that nought may shame, O folk of deedless hand, What dastardy, O Tyrrhene folk, hath now so caught your souls?

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William