| Robert Browning - 1866 - 120 pages
...knees, And sunk tail, and horrible heave of the flank, As down on her haunches she shuddered and sank. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz...chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, A "'I " Gallop," gasped Joris, " for Aix is in sight ! " " How they 'll greet us ! " — and all in... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...knees, And sunk tail, and horrible heave of the flank, As down on her haunches she shuddered and sank. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz...broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh ; 'Neath our foot broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-tower sprang white, And... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pages
...And sunk tail, and horrible heave of the flank, As down on her haunches she shuddered and sank. 7. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz...sky ; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh ; 'Neafh our feet broke the brittle, bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...right, _ Rebnckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a \vhit. The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath...feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff," Or Again, If we read those sweet lines of Proctor, " To a Flower," we appreciate the e*eeedlng beauty... | |
| Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...flank, As down on her haunches she shuddered and sank. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Loos and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky ; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our foot broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff ; Till over by Dalhem a dome-tower sprang white, And... | |
| English poetry - 1866 - 192 pages
...flank, As down on her haunches she shuddered and sank. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Loos and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky : The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our foot broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-tower sprang white, And... | |
| English poetry - 1866 - 180 pages
...haunches she shuddered and sank. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Loos and past Tongree, no cloud in the sky : The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our foot broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff ; Till over by Dalhem a dome-tower sprang white, And... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 pages
...haunches she shuddered and sank. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past TongreX no cloud in the sky ; The broad sun above laughed...And " Gallop," gasped Joris, " for Aix is in sight !" " How they 'l1 greet us !" — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead... | |
| Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...And sunk tail, and horrible heave of the flank, As down on her haunches she shudder'd and sank. VII. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz...Tongres, no cloud in the sky ; The broad sun above laugh'da pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff; Till over by... | |
| Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...knees, And sunk tail, and horrible heave of the flank, As down on her haunches she shudder' d and sank. So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz...Tongres, no cloud in the sky ; The broad sun above laugh'da pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff ; Till over by... | |
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