 A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate...  The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918 - Page 24181918 - 4009 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...spurred, with a heavy stride, On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse's side, A second lamp in the belfry burns ! A hurry of hoofs...And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1883 - 338 pages
...paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 544 pages
...signal . That he could hear, like a sentinel's lierht ; „,„,! light, tree, TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN. The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 528 pages
...feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead ; Kor suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 550 pages
...; For snddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens te meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1894 - 748 pages
...mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Nov. he patted his horse's side, Now gazed at the landscape...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its beat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 320 pages
...gleam of light ! f He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingtrs and gazes, till full ou his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns ! A hurry...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight. Kindled the land into flame with its heat He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 626 pages
...bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns I A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1888 - 500 pages
...bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns 1 A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington.... | |
 | 1883 - 270 pages
...! " was all he said, As away on his terrible ride he sped. JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY. PAUL KEVEKE'S BIDE. A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the...the spark struck out by that steed in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
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