 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875
...speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; " Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. 2. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 934 páginas
...speed!" cried the watch as the gatebolts undrew, " Speed ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through. Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest,...turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortenedeach stirrup and set the pique right, 470 471 Rcbuckledthecheck-strap, chained slacker the... | |
 | 1876 - 192 páginas
...speed 1" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew! "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest,...other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place. I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened... | |
 | 1889
...cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew — " Speed I" echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Have not the verses caught the steady, settled gallop of the three messengers? Again, what measure... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876
..." cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; " Speed ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern,* the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Nor a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our... | |
 | 1877
..." cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; " Speed ! " echoed the wall to ns galloping through : Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened eacli stirrup, and set the pique right,... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877
..." cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; " SPEED ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest,...each stirrup and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting... | |
 | 1877
..." cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; " Speed ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through : Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest,...each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'T was moonset at starting... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877
...speed!" cried the watch as the gatebolts undrew, " Speed !" echoed the wall to us galloping through. Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest,...turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortenedeachstirrupandset the piqueriglit, Bebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor... | |
 | Code poetical reader - 1877
...j'osttrn, a Behind shut the postern,* the lights sank to rest, 5 Tte" d°°r °r ^n^ *nto ^ie n"dnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other, we...tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique* 10 right, Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.*... | |
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I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; 'Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; 
