 ... rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, 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,...  English Poetry (1170-1892) - Page 451by John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1866 - 192 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped and stood ! And all I remember is friends flocking round As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. E. BROWNING. THE 8AHOB BOY'S GRAVE. WHEN I was here, three years ago, This grave was not yet made ;... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. 10. And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. BROWNING. ROBERT BROWNING, one of the most remarkable English poets of the age, was born in Camberwell,... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1866 - 374 pages
...at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends flocking round As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground, And no...consent) Was no more than his due who brought good ne from Ghent. R. Browning XXVIII THE RAINBOW A fragment of a rainbow bright Through the moist air... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I sate with his head 'tvvixt my knees on the ground ; And no voice but was praising...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. THE STATUE AND THE BUST. ' I ''HERE'S a palace in Florence, the world knows well, •^ And a statue... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 pages
...galloped and stood. And all I remember is, friends flocking round, As I sate with his head 'twixt my knpes on the ground, And no voice but was praising this...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. THE HAPPT WAEEIOB. WOEDSWOBTH. As more exposed to suffering and distress, Thence also more alive to... | |
 | Margaret T. Downing - English poetry - 1867 - 394 pages
...and stood. And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I sate with his head twixt my knees to the ground, And no voice but was praising this Roland...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. The compass of this little work admits .of no more borrowings, or we might still go on to an infinitude;... | |
 | Moxon Edward and co - 208 pages
...and stood. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees and the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent MORE HULLAH-BALOO. By T. HOOD, " Loud as from numbers without number." — MILTON. " You may do it... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends flocking round As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground, And no...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. CXCIX. THE SWORD. 9fT\ WAS on the battle-field ; and the cold pale moon Looked down on the dead and... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. * And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. SCENE FROM CATILINE. (rROi.v.) [In the Senate.] Cicero. Our long dispute must close. Take one proof... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1847 - 586 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped, and stood. . And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground, And no...consent) Was no more than his due who brought good news to Ghent.' Art. X. (1.) Die Verfassung der Kirchc der Zukunft. Prahtische Erliiuterungen zu dem Brieficechsel... | |
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