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... Fifth Year Language Reader - Page 295by Franklin Thomas Baker - 1910 - 477 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Till over by Delhem a dome-spire sprang white, And " Gallop," gasped Joris, " for Aix is in sight!" " How they'll greet us!" —and all in a moment his...his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eyesockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buff-coat, each holster let fall.... | |
| 1846 - 534 pages
...Dalhem, a dome-spire sprang white, And " gallop," gasped Joris, " 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 then was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate, With... | |
| Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...dome-spire sprang white, And " Gallop," gasped Joris, " for Aix is in sight ! " VIII. " How they 'll greet us ! " — and all in a moment his roan Rolled...his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall,... | |
| 1850 - 538 pages
...Aix is ID eight! ' •' ll i >,*•;« HOW they •fl'gtWtts!'' — andiuTih atabhtem His roan,1'1 Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; •-' And there was my Roland to bear the whale weight Of the news which could alone save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits full... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 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...his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buff-coat, each holster let... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And " Gallop," gasped Joris, " for Aix is in sight ! " " How they 'll greet us ! " — and all in a moment his roan Rolled...his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
..." for Aix is in sight ! " " How they 'll greet us ! " — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neek and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was...his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with cireles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall,... | |
| George Wilson - 1852 - 336 pages
...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place." First one horse and then another drops down dead. " And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of...his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim." The good horse Roland reaches the distressed city... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...for Aix is in sight ! " How they'll greet us I" — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and crop over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland...could save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pita full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast loose... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...Joris, " for Aix is in sight ! " " How they 1l greet ns ! " — and all in a moment his roan Roiled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...whole weight . Of the news which alone could save Ai» from her fate, With his nostrils like pita full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red... | |
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