foil'd

The knights come foil'd from the great quest, in vain;

Sir Galahad: a Christmas Story Divers 2007

The knights come foil'd from the great quest, in vain;

Archive 2007-12-01 Divers 2007

For Truth's dear sake, the Tyrant foil'd to whom ye still were true -- [37]

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various

| Which but th 'Omnipotent none could have foil'd.

The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum

Nor yet had any blind alley-professor foil'd their inclinations, when Pindar and the Nine Lyricks durst not attempt Homer's Numbers: And that I may not bring my authority from poets, 'tis certain, neither Plato nor Demosthenes ever made it their practice: A stile one would value, and as I may call it, a chast oration, is not splatchy nor swoll'n, but rises with a natural beauty.

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

Our army foil'd with loss severe, and the sullen remnant

Leaves of Grass [1867] 1867

The knights come foil'd from the great quest, in vain;

The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems William Morris 1865

Our army foil'd with loss severe, and the sullen remnant retreating,

The Patriotic Poems of Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855

Our army foil'd with loss severe, and the sullen remnant retreating,

Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855

Our army foil'd with loss severe, and the sullen remnant retreating,

Drum Taps Walt Whitman 1855