 | John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...battle-field calls. Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away 1 And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire. But lo I he is nearing his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the battle... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...to traitors the doom of disaster ; The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to...Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape fled away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace... | |
 | Floyd Baker Wilson - Dialogues - 1869 - 208 pages
...to traitors the doom of disaster ; The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to...strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. BUT ONE PAIR OF STOCKINGS TO MEND. 21 Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to...only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet, the roadLike an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...away with the utmost speed ; j Hills rose and fell, — but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen tle patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee Smooths...annoy. 1 sit me down, and think Of all thy winnin bike an ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...to traitors the doom of disaster ; The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to...strained to full play With Sheridan only ten miles away. V. Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...Movement. 1. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. 2. Under his spurning feet, the road, Like an arrowy...away behind, Like an ocean flying before the wind. J 3. Groat rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...away with the utmost speed ; Hills rose anil fell, — but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen She could never show him — never, That swan's nest...ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. SWEET STREAM, THAT WINDS — S Hying before the wind ; And the steed, like a hark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eyes... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed, and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to be where the battle-field calls ; SHERIDAN'S RIDE. 93 Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...speed ; Hills rose and fell, — but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Under bis s By sin and sorrow driven ; When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, eyes full of fire ; But, lo ! he is Hearing his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring... | |
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The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners... 
