You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix - Page 50by Francis Tiffany - 1891 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1849 - 274 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's... | |
| 1859 - 450 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect, — So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through, — You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. "Well," cried he, " Emperor !... | |
| Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. rv. •' Well," cried he, " Emperor,... | |
| Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect Just by his horse's mane, a boy ; You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) — You looked twice e'er you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor,... | |
| Penny readings - 1866 - 256 pages
...in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just Ms horse's mane a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor by God's... | |
| Robert Browning - 1866 - 120 pages
...in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's... | |
| Moxon Edward and co - 200 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. "Well," cried he, "Emperor, by God's... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect Just by his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through,) You looked twice e'er you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect, r's love. Now, good You looked twice ere you saw hia breast Was all but shot in two. IT. " Well," cried he, "Emperor, by... | |
| 1871 - 314 pages
...mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's... | |
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