A thousand horse, and none to ride ! With flowing tail, and flying mane, Wide nostrils never... Hebrew Melodies - Sida 37efter George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 53 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 sidor
...stretch'd by pain, Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unscarr'd by spur or rod, A thousand horse, the wild, the free,...staggering, feebly fleet, A moment, with a faint low neigh, He answer'd, and then fell ; With gasps and glazing eyes he lay, And reeking limbs immovable, His first... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 sidor
...pain, Mouths bloodless to th« bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unscarr'd by spnr or rod, A thousand horse, the wild, the free, Like...staggering, feebly fleet, A moment, with a faint low neigh, He answer'd, and then fell ; With gasps and glazing eyes he lay, And reeking limbs immoveable, His... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 sidor
...stretch'd by paie, Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unscarrM by spur or rod, A thousand horse, the wild, the free,...thundering on, As if our faint approach to meet ; The sight rcnervud my courser's feet, A moment staggering, feebly fleet, A moment, with a faint low neigh, He... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 sidor
...stretch'd by pain, Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unscarr'd on Byron rencrved my courser's feet, A moment staggering, feebly fleet, A moment, with a faint low neigh, He... | |
| John Livingston - 1854 - 736 sidor
...whole number of steeds. " A thousand horse and men to ride — With flowing tail and flying mime — A thousand horse, the wild, the free, Like waves that follow o'er the sea." Every thing about these horses was worthy of study. To the lover of this animal — the dilated nostril,... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 sidor
...streak'd by pain, Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unsearr'd by spur or rod, A thousand horse — the wild —...free— Like waves that follow o'er the sea, Came thundering on. Byron's Mazeppa. My beautiful ! my beautiful ! That standest meekly by With thy proudly... | |
| William Russell - 1855 - 310 sidor
...15* And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unscarred by spur or rod,— A thousand horse,—the wild, the free,— Like waves that follow o'er the sea, Came thickly thundering on : — They stop,—they start—they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire,... | |
| 1855 - 800 sidor
...ever witnessed in America. " A thousand horse and men to ride, With flowing tail and flying ronne, A thousand horse, the wild, the free, Like waves that follow o'er the sea." Several thousands of dollars were awarded in premiums. A full report of the services, and of Mr. Wilders... | |
| 1856 - 518 sidor
...O'ertortured by that ghastly ride. A trampling troop ; I see them come ! In one vast squadron they advance ! The sight renerved my courser's feet, A moment staggering, feebly fleet, A moment with a faint low neigh, He answered, and then fell ; With gasps and glazing eyes he lay, And reeking limbs immovable : His... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 sidor
...flanks unscarred by spur or rod,— J */Vv*'**/*/'i«»/V%<V*/V%'*>VVVxii^/Vv^ GOODRICH'S FIFTH HEADER. A thousand horse, the wild, the free, Like waves that follow o'er the sea, Come thickly thundering on. 16. They stop, they start, they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and... | |
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