Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind; And the steed, like... J.M. Bellew's Readings from American Authors - Page 491879 - 63 pagesFull view - About this book
| Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...flying before the wind, And the steed, like a barque fed with furnace ire. Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo! he is nearing his heart's desire;...the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, with his wild eyes full of fire, Swept on to the goal of his heart's desire : He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 6 The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating... | |
| American periodicals - 1864 - 744 pages
...Alpine river, flowed. And the landscape sped away behind, Like nn ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on,...the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the general saw were the groups Of Btnifrglc-rs, and then the retreating... | |
| Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a barque fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire...the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 6. The first that the General saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating... | |
| Thomas Buchanan Read - Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864 - 1865 - 180 pages
...flying before the wind, And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire...the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating... | |
| A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire, But, lo! he is near ing his heart's desire — He is stuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five... | |
| Education - 1865 - 594 pages
...flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ¡re, Swept on, with his wild eyce full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the battle fray — With Sheridan only five miles away ! The first that the General saw were the groups... | |
| Thomas Buchanan Read - Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864 - 1865 - 184 pages
...Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind, And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; SHERIDAN'S RIDE. 77 He is snuffing the... | |
| John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1865 - 778 pages
...furnace ire, But, lo! he is nearing his heart's desire— Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire. He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating... | |
| George Whitefield Powers - United States - 1866 - 334 pages
...Alpine river, flowed; And the landscape sped away behind, Like an ocean flying before the wind; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on,...the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. " The first that the General saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating... | |
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