 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...  Little Classics - Page 197edited by - 1875Full view - About this book
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...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 his nostrils...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. IX. ' Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt... | |
 | 1846 - 808 pages
...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 his nostrils...blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets'rim. ' Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots,... | |
 | 1846 - 560 pages
...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...blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye sockets' rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots,... | |
 | 1847 - 592 pages
...fronted many a shivering lance, will yet save the lovers, for see how he flies, " With his nostrJs like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-socketó' rim." Do not despair, then, of meeting them next month enjoying the rewaid of their devotion.... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...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...buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland... | |
 | 1850 - 532 pages
...lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which could alone save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. IX. " Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt... | |
 | 1850 - 570 pages
...lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which could alone save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits...brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rina. IX. " Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let... | |
 | 1850 - 538 pages
...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 of blood to the brim, ),, ,Al»d with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. t.- • if IX i ' '' tk 'fhen I cast loose... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...crop 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...buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...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...buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland... | |
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