 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...a moment his roan Roiled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, parted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...moment his roan, Eoll'd neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leanM, patted his ear, Call'd my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapp'd my hands, laugh'd... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. EL. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1862 - 564 pages
...a moment his roan Eolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Eoland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let Hi 11, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast my loose buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...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... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...a moment his roan Rolled neck and crop over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. THE ARABS FAREWELL TO HIS STEED. 261 Then I cast loose my buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; And there was my Eoland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. 9. Then I cast my loose buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...a moment his roan Roll'd neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. And all I remember is friends flocking round As I sat witli his head 'twixi my knees on the ground;... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1863 - 390 pages
...eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast my loose buff-coat, 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, any noise, bad or good, Till... | |
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— and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with... 
