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" 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 423
by Epes Sargent - 1852 - 558 pages
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The Code poetical reader, by a teacher

Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 pages
...his pet-name, my horse without fear; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good — Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Burgesses, Which (the burgesses * voted by common consent) the inhabitWas no more than his due who...
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Macleod's First text-book of elocution

Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 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. HYMN IN CHAMOUNI. — (Coleridge.} Hast thou a charm to stay the morning star In his steep course ?...
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Ballads of Bravery

George Melville Baker - 1877 - 190 pages
...at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends flocking around As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground, And no...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. YARN. IS Saturday night, and our watch below. What heed we, boys, how the breezes blow, While our cans...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...remember is, friends flocking round, As 1 sate with his head 'twixt my knees on Che ground ; Andnovoice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. ROBBRT BROWNING. THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. 0, THAT last day in Lucknow fort ! We knew that it was the...
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Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland

1877 - 296 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, langhed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....flocking round As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees ou the ground, And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last...
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The Household Book of Poetry

Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...hie pet-name, my horse without peer — Clapped my hands, laughed and sung, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. Ковкгг BEOWHUCO. INDIAN DEATH-SONG. 878 INDIAN DEATH-SONG. Гпх enn sets in night, and tho...
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Browning & His Poetry

Ernest Rhys - 1914 - 144 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 contrast to this page may be found in the study of a painter unknown, whose colour is Florentine...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...shut the postern, the lights sank to rest. And into the midnight we galloped abreast. (1. 1—6) 36 o 127 The lunatic, the lover, and (1. 58-60) BeLS; BLPL; FaBoBe; FaFP; FaPoR; GN; HoPM; NAEL2 In a Gondola 37 The moth's kiss first!...
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The Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning - 1994 - 718 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all 1 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. THROUGH THE MEITDJA TO ABD-EL-KADR As I ride, as I ride. With a full heart for my guide, So its tide...
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The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems

Frances Mayes - 2001 - 548 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. If Browning's gait seems familiar, that's because both "The Star Spangled Banner" and "The Night Before...
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