 Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped...  The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ... - Page 423by Epes Sargent - 1852 - 558 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix^Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is, friends...brought good news from Ghent. 19. THE SOLDIER FROM RINGEN.— 3frt. Norton. i A SOLDIER of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was lack of woman's... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 pages
...without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good, Till at length into Aix Eoland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends...praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat one last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than his due who... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. 10 TUB SOLDIER FROM BINGEN. — Mri. Norton. A. SOLDIER of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, .There... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...Roland his pet name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix, Roland galloped and stood....more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. CCVII.— THE WIFE.— No. I. THIS and the two succeeding dialogues may be spoken together; or this... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. RoBERT BROWMNP. YOUTH AND AGE. VERSE, a bree/e 'mid blossoms straying, Where Hope clung feeding like... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. x. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And...wine, Which (the. burgesses voted by common consent) VH.— THE SLIDE OF ALPNAGH. [This account of the Slide of Alpnvb originally appeared in the German... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...Clapp'd my hands, laugh'd and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland gallop'd and stood. And all I remember is^ friends flocking...no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I pour'd down his throat our last measure of wiae, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...Roland his pet name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. R. Browning XXVIII THE RAINBOW A fragment of a rainbow bright Through the moist air I see, All dark... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, s As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent)... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...Roland his pet name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....more than his due who brought good news from Ghent, E. BROWNING. ci THE ARAB'S FAREWELL TO HIS STEED. My beautiful ! my beautiful ! that standest meekly... | |
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