The Virginia School Journal, Volume 5Virginia State Board of Education, 1896 Includes "Official department" conducted by Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
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Page 129 - 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 of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
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