 ... 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
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...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....no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As 1 poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 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....last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by cimmon consent) Was no more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. Browning. Ex. 15O. The Isles... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 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...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. APOSTROPHE TO WATER. surrounded by the stench of sickening odors and rank corruptions, doth our Father... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 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. (Bjf permission o THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. BY HW LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus That sailed... | |
 | 1871 - 314 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. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS. WHERE the quiet-colored end of evening smiles Miles and miles On the solitary... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I sate ng a joyous song, And while the young lambs bound...sound, To me alone there came a thought of grief ; A ROBERT BROWNING. -ff INCIDENT OF THE FKENCH CAMP. You know we French stormed Ratisbon : A mile or so... | |
 | English poetry - 1871 - 476 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. ROBERT BROWNING. Ivry. NOW glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories are ! And glory to our... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 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...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. ROBBBT BBOWKIHO. r 69. CATO ON THE SOUL'S IMMORTALITY. [OATO Is seated with Plate's treatise In his... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1871 - 378 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 news XXVIII THE RAINBOW A fragment of a rainbow bright Through the moist air I see, All dark and damp on... | |
 | Clara Bellew - 1871 - 328 pages
...aggravating of all, these four lines, all from one verse of Browning's, were poured into his ear : "And all I remember is, friends flocking round As...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... | |
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