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... The Family Library of Poetry and Song - Page 514edited by - 1880 - 1065 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 roan Rolled...my 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... | |
| 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...my 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... | |
| 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...my 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
...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...my 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... | |
| 1854 - 576 pages
...over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And " Gallop," gasped Joris, " for Aii is in sight ! " " How they '11 greet us ! " — and all in a moment...my 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... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...they'll greet us !" — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and crop over, lay dead as a stone j And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of...my 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... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 pages
...and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and crop over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Eoland to bear the whole weight Of the news, which alone...my 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... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...by 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 neck...my 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... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...Joris, " for Aix is in sight ! " " How they "ll greet us ! " — and all in a moment his roan Roiled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...my buffcoat, each holster let fall. Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, parted his ear, Called my Roland... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...Joris, "for Aix is in sight ! " " How they'll greet us ! " — and all in a moment his roan, Eoll'd neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there...my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leanM, patted his ear, Call'd my Roland... | |
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