 His first and last career is done! On came the troop - they saw him stoop, They saw me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong: They stop, they start, they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire, wheel round and...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4311819Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | S. S. Hamill - 1881 - 402 pages
...unscarred by spur or rod : A thousand horse — the wild, the free, Like waves that follow o'er the sea, Approach, retire, wheel round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, They snort, they foam, neigh, swerve aside. And backward to the forest fly, By instinct, from a human... | |
 | Annie A. Longfellow - 1882 - 202 pages
...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, Headed by one black mighty steed, Who seemed the patriarch of his breed, Without a single speck...hide ; They snort — they foam — neigh — swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct from a human eye, — They left me there, to my... | |
 | 1882 - 330 pages
...that follow o'er the sea, Come thickly thundering on : — They stop, — they start — they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, — They snort, — they foam — neigh — swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct,... | |
 | Francis Thayer Russell - 1882 - 332 pages
...that follow o'er the sea, Come thickly thundering on : — They stop, — they start — they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire, wheel round and round, Then pluninn<j back with sudden bound, — 1 OO 2. Furious Haste. MlSS KlLMANSEGG. — HtX>d. " Batter her... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 pages
...force at length o'erspent, The drooping courser, faint and low, They stop—they start—they snuff ions to renew The very fetters which his arm broke...throne V VI. But 'twill not be—the spark's awaken'd But useless all to me: His new-born tameness nought avail'd— My limbs were bound; my force had fail'd,... | |
 | Boy - 1884 - 156 pages
...me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong: They stop — they start — they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...shaggy hide: They snort, they foam, neigh, swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct, from a human eye. They left me there to my despair,... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1884 - 360 pages
...strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong : They stop, they start, they snuff the air, 280 Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire,...mighty steed, Who seem'd the patriarch of his breed, 285 Without a single speck or hair Of white upon his shaggy hide ; They snort — they foam — neigh... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 398 pages
...free, Like waves that follow o'er the sea. On came the troop They stop— they start — they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, They snort— they foam— neigh— swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly." The capture and... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 398 pages
...the free, Like waves that follow o'er the sea. On came the troop They stop—they start—they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, They snort—they foam—neigh—swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly." The capture and breaking... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 398 pages
...the free, Like waves that follow o'er the sea. On came the troop They stop—they start—they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, They snort—they foam—neigh—swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly." The capture and breaking... | |
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