 | Leroy E. Armstrong - Children's literature - 1916 - 408 pages
...thirsty to boot ; He shrunk from the thorns, though he longed for the fruit ; With a word he arrested his courser's keen speed, And he stood up erect on the...never, ' ' he thought, ' ' was a creature so rare, So docile,0 so true, as my excellent mare; Lo, here now I stand," and he gazed all around, "As safe and... | |
 | Emma K. Gordon, Marietta Stockard - Readers - 1918 - 344 pages
...erect on the back of his steed; On the saddle he stood while the creature stood still, And he gather'd the fruit till he took his good fill. "Sure never,"...so rare, So docile, so true, as my excellent mare; Lo, here now I stand," and he gazed all around, "As safe and as steady as if on the ground; Yet how... | |
 | Stella Stewart Center - Best books - 1923 - 242 pages
...With a word he arrested his courser's keen speed, And he stood up erect on the back of his steed; On saddle he stood, while the creature stood still, And...so rare, So docile, so true, as my excellent mare; So, here now I stand," and he gazed all around, "As safe and as steady as if on the ground; Yet how... | |
 | Stella Stewart Center - Best books - 1923 - 240 pages
...thirsty to boot; He shrunk from the thorns, though he longed for the fruit; With a word he arrested his courser's keen speed, And he stood up erect on the back of his steed; On saddle he stood, while the creature stood still, And he gathered the fruit till he took his good fill.... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1924 - 408 pages
...thirsty to boot ; He shrunk from the thorns, though he longed for the fruit ; With a word he arrested his courser's keen speed, And he stood up erect on the...so rare, So docile, so true, as my excellent mare. Lo, here, how I stand " (and he gazed all around,) " As safe and as steady as if on the ground, Yet... | |
 | Effie Belle McFadden - English language - 1925 - 656 pages
...thirsty to boot ; He shrunk from the thorns, though he long'd for the fruit ; With a word he arrested his courser's keen speed, And he stood up erect on the...saddle he stood while the creature stood still, And he gather'd the fruit till he took his good fill. "Sure never," he thought, "was a creature so rare, So... | |
 | Teng-Hwee Lee - English language - 1938 - 416 pages
...'to boot;' He shrunk from the thorns, though he longed for the, fruit; With a word he arrested2 his courser's* keen speed, And he stood up erect on the...so rare, So docile,* so true, as my excellent mare; Lo, here now I stand," and he gazed all around, " As safe and as steady as if on the ground ; Yet how... | |
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He shrunk from the thorns, though he longed for the fruit; With a word he arrested his courser's keen speed, And he stood up erect on the back of his steed; On the saddle he stood, while the creature stood still, And he gathered the fruit, till he took... 
