 That glowed in generous blood, and had no care, And little thought of the future — followed him; — Some perch'd on gallant steeds, others, more slow, The infants and the matrons of the flock, In coach and jersey, — but all moving on To the new land...  Richard Hurdis: A Tale of Alabama - Page 65by William Gilmore Simms - 1855 - 403 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gilmore Simms - Southern States - 1839 - 258 pages
...generous blood, and had no care, And little thought of the future — followed him; — Some perch'd on gallant steeds, others, more slow, The infants...land of promise, full of dreams Of western riches, Mississippi-mad ! Then came the hands, some forty-five or more, Their moderate wealth united — some... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - 1853 - 370 pages
...generous blood and had no care, And little thought of the future — foliow'd him ; — Some perch'd on gallant steeds, others, more slow, The infants...land of promise, full of dreams Of western riches, Mississippi-mad ! Then came the hands, some forty-five or more, Their moderate wealth united — some... | |
 | Mary Ann Wimsatt - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 328 pages
...Its narrator, who is from "old Carolina," sees a group of people also from South Carolina journeying "To the new land of promise, full of dreams / Of western riches, Mississippi-mad!" But like the pioneers in "Notes of a Small Tourist" who "boom off for the new Canaan,"... | |
 | John Caldwell Guilds, Caroline Collins - Poetry - 1997 - 296 pages
...in generous blood and had no care, And little thought of the future—follow'd him;— Some perch'd on gallant steeds, others, more slow, The infants and the matrons of the flock, In coach and jersey,—but all moving on To the new land of promise, full of dreams Of western riches, Mississippi-mad!... | |
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