 Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.  The British Quarterly Review - Page 508edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting; but while we drew near Lokeren,...clear; At Boom a great yellow star came out to see ; At Duff eld 'twas morning as plain as could be; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime... | |
 | 1846 - 578 pages
...galloped less steadily Roland a whit. ' 'Twas moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lockeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear ; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Diiffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. ill. • 'Twas moonset at starting; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew, and daylight dawned clear ; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see, At Diiffeld 'twas morning as... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1847 - 910 pages
...Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Rowland a whit. III. 'Twas moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren,...; At Boom a great yellow star came out to see ; At Duffield, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln's church-steeple we heard the half... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. nx. 'Twas moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren,...'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the halfchime, So Joris broke silence with, " Yet there is time ! " IV. At... | |
 | 1850 - 538 pages
.....//!•!•. -iii.il,.- '!•! ni -' '" T was moonset at starting; but while" We SreV'tteat1''1''' Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear ; At Boom, a great yellow star carne out to see ; At Diiffield, 't was morning as plain as could be; >• And from Mecheln church-steeple... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest And into the midnight we galloped abreast. 'Twos moonset at starting, but while we drew near Lokeren,...Duffeld 'twas morning as plain as could be; And from Mechelm church-steeple wo heard the half chime, So loris broke silence with " Yet there is time!" At... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, — Nor galloped less steadily Roland, a whit. 'T was moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren,...'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime, So Joris broke silence with, " Yet there is time ! " At Aerschot,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, — Nor galloped less steadily Roland, a whit. 'T was moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren,...At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Diiffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting, but while we drew near Lokeren,...; At Boom a great yellow star came out to see ; At Diiffeld 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mechelm church-steeple we heard the half chime,... | |
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