 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
 | 1871 - 378 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....consent) Was no more than his due who brought good news XXVIII THE RAINBOW A fragment of a rainbow bright Through the moist air I see, All dark and damp on... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my horse without peerClapped my hands, laughed and sung, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. Elizabeth Barrett was born in London in 1809,... | |
 | 1871 - 314 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 no...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS. WHERE the quiet-colored end of evening smiles Miles and miles On the solitary... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 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 no...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. (Bjf permission o THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. BY HW LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus That sailed... | |
 | Clara Bellew - 1871 - 328 pages
...verse of Browning's, were poured into his ear : "And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground, And -no...poured down his throat our last measure of wine." " Hold !" cried Harry, raising his voice so as to be heard above the din of quoters ; " we are not... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 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. THE FUGITIVES.—Shelley. THE waters are flashing, The white hail is dashing, The lightnings are glancing,... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 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. BROWNING. 90. Strongbow. Giraldus has given us a minute account of the personal appearance and the... | |
 | 1872 - 514 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. FREEDOM.— BRYANT. O FREEDOM ! thou art not, as poets dream, A fair young girl with light and delicate... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 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 no...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. WARHING. Wizard. LOCHIEL ! Lochiel ! beware of the day When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness. 6. And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I...wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) a. PAUSE OR GROUPING OF SPEECH. "A pause is often more eloquent than words." |uM<.*Ul 1. Sentential.... | |
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