 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 pages
...rest, And into the 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...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... | |
 | 1871 - 378 pages
...rest, And into the 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;...Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, 'Twas moonset at starting; but, while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear;... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 pages
...And into the 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...Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Kebucklcd the check-strap, chained slacker the bit; Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'T was... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then...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... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...we galloped abreast. n. Sot a word to each other; we kept the great pace .Veck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened eacli stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace, Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my...'Twas moonset at starting; but while we drew near Lockeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ;... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...rest, And into the 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...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... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 pages
...rest, And into the 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...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... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 pages
...rest, And into the 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...each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. " Good speed ! " cried... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...other ; we kept the great pace, — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I tnrned man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial...palace whence he came. VII. Behold the child amon check -strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. "T was a moonsct at... | |
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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... 
