 Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round ; His chine is double ; starting with a bound He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground. Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow; He bears his rider headlong...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 77by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 384 pages
...the hoise. It is thus admirably translated: " The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprighlly trumpets, and the shouts of war, Pricks up his ears, and trembling with delight, Shifts pace, and paws ; and hopes the promis'd fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, Ruffles... | |
 | William Butler - 1811 - 548 pages
...Tfce fiery, courier, when he hears from far The fprightly trumpets, and the (houts of war, ' Tricks up his ears, and trembling with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd tight. DRKDKN'S VIRGIL, Soon >- he heart the martial trumpet found, Loud for hit rider neighs,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1813 - 160 pages
...him over, ran up to him, and stood by his side till he mounted. The War Horse^as described by Virgil. THE fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the snouts of war, Pricks up his ears, and trembling with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...bay : C Faint white and dun will scarce the rearing pay. The fiery courser, when he hears from fur The sprightly trumpets, and the shouts of war, Pricks...with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, , Ruffles at speed, find dances in the... | |
 | 1820 - 190 pages
...more divide ; In thee my glowing bosom lave, And cut the gently rolling tide ! CROXALL. THE WAR-HORSE. THE fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd fight: On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...gray ; For beauty, dappled, or the brightest bay : Faint white and dun will scarce the rearing pay. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round ; His chine is double ; starting with a bound He turns the turf,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 pages
...gray ; For beauty, dappled ; or the brightest bay : Faint white and dun will scarce the rearing pay. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round ; His chine is double ; starting with a bound He turns the turf,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 472 pages
...; whereas Virgil professes to treat of the nature of the horse. It is thus admirably translated : " The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...with delight, Shifts place, and paws ; and hopes the promis'd fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, 'Ruffles at speed, and dances in the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 476 pages
...; whereas Virgil professes to treat of the nature of the horse. It is thus admirably translated : " The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...with delight, Shifts place, and paws; and hopes the promis'd fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, RuiHes at speed, and dances in the wind.... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 762 pages
...simile; whereas Virgil professes to treat of the nature of the horse. It is thus admirably translated : The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round : His chine is double ; starting, with a bound He turns the turf,... | |
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