 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 pages
...all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could...in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer — Clapped my hands, laughed and sung, — any noise, bad... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - English language - 1874 - 350 pages
...all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could...circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast my loose buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 pages
...all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. IX. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Jules Jacques Veyrassat - Animals - 1874 - 318 pages
...all in a moment his roan Halted neck and croup over, lay dead a» a atone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim.' All this is very terrible, and would be almost in the spirit of the Imperial command to the orderlies... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone, And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news, which alone...blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eyesocket's rim. Then I cast loose my buff coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots,... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 296 pages
...all in a moment his roan Kolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could...pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of blood for his eye-sockets' rim. Then I cast my loose buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eyesocket's rim. Then I cast loose my buff coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots,...in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 240 pages
...all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could...in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer, — Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1875 - 584 pages
...all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could...with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. Then F cast loose my buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack -boots, let go belt and all,... | |
 | American poetry - 1875 - 210 pages
...all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. 'hen I cast loose ray buff-coat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and... | |
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for Aix is in sight!' 'How they'll greet us!' — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like... 
