 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-çalloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reach'd the mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect Just by his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compress'd,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms lock'd behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused, " My plans...on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reach'd the mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect Just by his horse's... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 328 pages
...Out "twixt the battery smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound, Full galloping ; nor bridle drew Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself...You hardly could suspect, (So tight he kept his lips compress'd Scarce any blood came through,) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot... | |
 | 1849 - 274 pages
...out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused, " My plans...soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army-leader, Lauue.-, Waver at yonder wall." Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 324 pages
...rider, bound on bound, . Full galloping ; nor bridle drew Then off there flung in smiling joy, And hold himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy —...hardly could suspect, ' (So tight he kept his lips compress'd Scarce any blood came through,) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 326 pages
...thrust ; you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow, Oppressive with its mind. Just as, perhaps, he mused — ' my plans That soar to earth may fall, Let once'my army leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall !' Out 'twixt the battery smokes there flew A rider,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. ii Just as perhaps he mused " My plans " That soar, to...Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. in. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1851 - 216 pages
...thrust ; you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow, Oppressive with its mind. Just as, perhaps, he mused — ' my plans That soar to earth may fall, Let once my army leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall,' Out 'twixt the battery smokes there flew A rider, bound on... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind: As if to balance the prone brow, Oppressive with its mind. n. Just as perhaps he mused " My plans, That soar, to...Full-galloping; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. HI. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. li. Just as perhaps he mused, " My plans That soar, to...Full-galloping; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. IIL Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You... | |
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With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused "My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall... 
