 | Charles John Plumptre - 1870 - 236 pages
...combined, as in the opening lines of Browning's " Good News from Ghent" : — " / sprang to the saddle, and Joris and he, I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three." Thirdly, a line composed of monosyllables, makes an impression by the frequency of its pauses, aided... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 pages
...permission of Messrs. Chafman and Hall ^ HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT. BY ROBERT BROWNING. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast; Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pages
...singing The Lore-Lei hath done ! HEINRICH HEINE. How they brought the good news from Ghent to Jlix. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he : I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other : we kept the great pace — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...— Aline he brings now and utters no murmur ! " "HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX." I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...never be, and never was intended to be, popular. HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris and he : I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace — Neck by neck, stride by strid'e, never changing... | |
 | 1871 - 476 pages
...singing The Lore-Lei hath done ! HEINRICH HEINE. How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix. T SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he : -'- I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other : we kept the great pace — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
 | 1871 - 378 pages
...jaunt must be put off to-morrow. XXVII E. Jenner HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX 1 sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...end ! Amen. MICHAEL ALTENBURG (Goman). HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX. I SI-RANG in the sternness of thy strength, An equal deed hast done at length, And darker Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace, — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...God 1 have mercy on the mariner 1 SOCTHET. 58. "HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX," I" SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; -•-...cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; " Speed 1" echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 pages
...who stood without. MILTON, Samson Agonistes. 89. Haw they brought the good news from Ghent unto Aix. I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our... | |
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I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gatebolts undrew ; "Speed... 
