 | M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 400 sidor
...SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he : I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " God speed ! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew...each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit — Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'T was moonset at... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 sidor
...midnight we galloped abreast. IL Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my...the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. in. At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Diiffeld, 't was morning as plain as could be... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 sidor
...Around the firebrands close ; When the girls are weaving baskets, And the lads are shaping bows ; ( I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then...the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 sidor
...Bebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit — Nor galloped less steadily Koland a whit ! 'Twas moonset at starting ; but, while we drew near Lokeren,...At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Diiffield, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-cliiine,... | |
 | Joseph Wadsworth Keene - 1879 - 256 sidor
...Eebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit — Nor galloped less steadily Roland, a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren,...At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Dtlffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mechlin church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 358 sidor
...Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. 'Twos moonset at starting; but while we drew near Lokeren,...clear; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see; At Dilffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be; And from Mecheln church- steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
 | James Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) - 1880 - 232 sidor
...we galloped abreast. •2. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle...the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 3. 'Twas moonset at starting; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear;... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 sidor
...midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my...the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear;... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880 - 426 sidor
...Eebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Eoland a whit. 3. 'Twaa moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren,...At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Duffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mechlin church-steeple we heard the halfchime;... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 sidor
...the check-strap, chained slacker the hit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. T was a moouset Düffeld 't was morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
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Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker... 
