 for Aix is in sight! "How they'll greet us!" — 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...  Class-book of English poetry - Page 289by English poetry - 1866Full view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
..." for Aix is in sight ! " V11I. " How they'll greet us ! " — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...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... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...cried Joris, ' for Aix is in sight !' ' How they'll greet us !' and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1862 - 564 pages
...Joris, " for Aix is in sight ! " " How they '11 greet us ! '' — and all in 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 Aix from her fate, With his nostrils... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1863 - 432 pages
...gasped Joris, ' for Aix is in sight ! ' 'How they'll greet us!' — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
..."for Aix is in sight ! ' ' vIII. " How they ll greet us ! " — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack -boots, let go belt and all, Stood... | |
 | 302 pages
...gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight !" " How they'll greet us !" — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all ; Stood... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 888 pages
...gasped Joris, 'for Aix ia iu sight !' 'How they'll greet us!' — and all in a moment hie roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...Gallop," cried Joris, " for Aix is in sight!" "How they'll greet us !" and all in a moment his roan Roll'd neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; And there...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;... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...for Aix is in sight ! " " How they'll greet us ! " and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and crop over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland...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
...cried Joris, 'for Aix is in sight!' 8. ' How they'll greet us !' and all in 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 Aix from her fate, "With his nostrils... | |
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