| Davy Crockett - 1834 - 442 sidor
...carelessly, " Saddled and bridled, and booted rode he, A plume in his helmet, a sword at his knee." The tremulous and plaintive voice of Kate took up..." But toom cam' the saddle, all bluidy to see, And liainc cam' the steed, but hame never cam' he." We started off rapidly, and left Nacogdoches amid the... | |
| 1845 - 778 sidor
...bridled and booted rode he, A plume in his helmet, a sword at his knee : But loom cam' the saddle a' bluidy to see, And hame cam' the steed, but hame never cam' h« ! Down cam' his gray father, sobbin sae sair; Down cam' his ould mither, tearing her hair; Down... | |
| 1837 - 656 sidor
...carelessly, " ' Saddled and bridled, and booted rode he, A plume in his helmet, a sword at his knee.' "The tremulous and plaintive voice of Kate took up...the song, which sounded like a prophecy : " ' But loom cam' the saddle all bluidy to see, And hame cam' the steed, but hame never cam' he.' " We started... | |
| Richard Penn Smith, Davy Crockett - 1845 - 228 sidor
...and then he sang, in a low voice that resembled the sweet notes of his own devoted Kate, " But loom cam' the saddle, all bluidy to see, And hame cam' the steed, hut hame never cam' he." He spoke no more, and, a few minutes after, died. Poor Kate, who will tell... | |
| Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 sidor
...HE. SADDLED, and bridled, and booted rode he, A plume in 1ш helmet, a sword at his knee ; but loom cam' the saddle, all bluidy to see, And hame cam' the steed, but hame never cam* he. Down cam* his gray father, sabbln* säe sair, Down cam* hi» auld mittler, tearing her hair, Down cam*... | |
| Davy Crockett - 1860 - 434 sidor
...carelessly, "Saddled and bridled, and booted rode he, A pluine in his helmet, a sword at his knee." The tremulous and plaintive voice of Kate took up..." But toom cam' the saddle, all bluidy to see, And harne cam' the steed, but bame never cam' he." We started off rapidly, and left Nacogdoches amid the... | |
| William Sloane Kennedy - 1882 - 376 sidor
...CAME HE. Saddled and bridled and booted rode he, A plume at bis helmet, a sword at his knee; But torn cam' the saddle, all bluidy to see, And hame cam" the steed, but hamc never cam" he. Down cam' bis gray father, sabbin' sae sair, Down cam' his auld mither, tearin'... | |
| Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1861 - 558 sidor
...words were prophetic, colonel ;" and he then sung in a sweet, mournful and subdued voice : " But toorn cam' the saddle, all bluidy to see, And hame cam" the steed, but hame never cam' he." These very lines had been sung by his own devoted Kate, when separating from her at Nacogdoches, and... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Edward Woodberry - 1895 - 376 sidor
...CAME HE Saddled and bridled and booted rode he, A plume at his helmet, a sword at his knee ; But torn cam' the saddle, all bluidy to see, And hame cam' the steed, but hame never cam' he. Down cam' his gray father, sabbin' sae sair, Down cam' his auld mither, tearin' her hair, Down cam'... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Edward Woodberry - 1895 - 380 sidor
...and booted rode he, A plume at his helmet, a sword at his knee ; But torn cam' the saddle, all blutdy to see, And hame cam' the steed, but hame never cam' he. Down cam' his gray father, sabbin' sae sair, Down cam' his auld mither, tearin' her hair, Down cam'... | |
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