... rim. Then I cast loose 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 his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang,... Our Poetical Favorites, Second Series: A Selection from the Best Monor Poems ... - Page 791876 - 543 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer — Clapped my hands, laughed and sung, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix, Roland galloped and...friends flocking round, As I sate with his head 'twixt niy knees on the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1847 - 600 pages
...hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped, and stood. x. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I...consent) Was no more than his due who brought good news to Ghent.' Art. X. (1.) Die Verfassung der Kirche der Zukunft. Praktische Erlduterungen zu dem Briefwec/tsel... | |
| 1846 - 534 pages
...hands, laughed aud sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. X. ' And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent.' No. vii. p. 1. ART. III. — Venerabilis Btedce Historia Ecelesiastica Gentis Anglorum, curd EOBERT... | |
| Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. x. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. PICTOR IGNOTUS. [FLORENCE, 15 — .] I COULD have painted pictures like that youth's Ye praise so.... | |
| Theology - 1850 - 538 pages
...with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And no voice hut was praising this Roland of mine, 1 As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine,...consent) Was no more than his due who brought good news frorii • 'Ghent:" J- Vol. h. pp. 318 -820. iii ' . ! ' i •'.:*»<• • "* ' ' ij Rich as are... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good, And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I...praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat one last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than his due who... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. 19. THE SOLDIER FROM BINOEN. — Mrs. Korton. A SOLDIER of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was... | |
| Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. 19. THE SOLDIER FROM BINGEN.— Mrs. Norton. A SOLDIER of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into AK Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is,...burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than hia due who brought good news from Ghent. 19. THE SOLDIER FROM BINGEN.— Sdn. Norton. A SOLDIER of... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends nocking round, As I sate with his head twixt my knees on the...praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat one last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than his due who... | |
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