 Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in...  Folk Songs - Page 262edited by - 1861 - 466 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Browning - 1897 - 352 pages
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 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy - Readers - 1890 - 410 pages
...kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through,) You looked twice e'er you saw his breast " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace We've got...marshal's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon To see your flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perched him." The chief's eye flashed... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - American poetry - 1890 - 342 pages
...compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace We've got...marshal's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon 1 To see your flag-bird 2 flap his vans 3 Where I, to heart's desire, Perched him ! " The chief's eye... | |
 | Francis Tiffany - 1890 - 424 pages
...horse's mane till he had dashed up to Napoleon with the news that Ratisbon had been stormed : — " So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through. You looked twice ere you saw his hreast Was all but shot in two. " ' You're wounded ! ' ' Nay,' his soldier's pride Touched to the quick,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1891 - 422 pages
...there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-g-aljoping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. m. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself...two. IV. " Well," cried he. " Emperor, by God's grace We 've got you Ratisbon ! The Marshal 's in the market-place, And you '11 be there anon To see your... | |
 | Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full galloping; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself...twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. "Well," cried he, "Emperor, by God's grace We've got you Ratisbon ! The marshal's in the market place,... | |
 | Walter Learned - American poetry - 1891 - 404 pages
...battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reach'd the mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy. And held himself...hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compress'd, Scarce any blood came through) You look'd twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1892 - 488 pages
...there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. III. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself...Marshal's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon To see your flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perched him ! " The chief's eye flashed... | |
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