Many a hand's on a richer hilt, / But none on a steel more ruddily gilt; [...]
1816 February 13, [Lord Byron], “The Siege of Corinth”, in The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina. A Poem, London: […] [T[homas] Davison] for John Murray, […], stanza XXVI, page 43, lines 782–783