 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever were still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...on the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers waxfd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And...steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold, as... | |
 | Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 pages
...wings on the And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray... | |
 | Evangelicalism - 1853 - 244 pages
...as he past ! And the eyes of the sleeper wax'd deadly and chill, And mens' hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still! " And there lay the steed, with his nostril all wide, And thro' it there roll'd not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the... | |
 | Bible stories, English - 1854 - 818 pages
...in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And...steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the hreath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still !...steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...breathed in the face of the foe as he past; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved — and for ever grew still....steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride, And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1854 - 412 pages
...of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still. 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide,...through it there rolled not the breath of his pride • '— A.nJ the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf And cold as the spray of the rock-beating... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...on the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay (he steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride : And... | |
 | 604 pages
...there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But thro' it there rolled not the breath of his pride : The foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray on the rock-beating surf." For another fine specimen of " object word-painting," read the poem on "The... | |
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And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail... 
