 | Children's poetry - 1871 - 378 pages
...knees on the ground, And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by...consent) Was no more than his due who brought good news XXVIII THE RAINBOW A fragment of a rainbow bright Through the moist air I see, All dark and damp on... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good, And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I eate with his head twixt my knees on the ground, And no...a long poem so pulpy, so juicy, so full of bright color and of rich detail, that it is just like a picture by Rubens. Selection is difficult—but I... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - Readers - 1872 - 168 pages
...on the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. THE FUGITIVES.—Shelley. THE waters are flashing, The white hail is dashing, The lightnings are glancing,... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - English language - 1872 - 364 pages
...knees on the ground, And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. BROWNING. 90. Strongbow. Giraldus has given us a minute account of the personal appearance and the... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...on the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which, the burgesses voted,...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. FREEDOM.— BRYANT. O FREEDOM ! thou art not, as poets dream, A fair young girl with light and delicate... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...knees on the ground, And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. WARHING. Wizard. LOCHIEL ! Lochiel ! beware of the day When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1872 - 396 pages
...down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) u Z u a u > z Was no more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. 5 z s u K K [ROBEBT BROWNING, in some respects the greatest of living poets, and scarcely less remarkable... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...knees on the ground, And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. QUEEN MAB. MERCUTIO. Mer. O, THEN, I see queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife,... | |
 | Living voices - English poetry - 1873 - 588 pages
...on the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. R. BROWNING. INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP. You know we French stormed Ratisbon : A mile or so away,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1873 - 614 pages
...on the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, "Which (the burgesses voted...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. BROWNING. ROBERT BROWNING, one of the most remarkable English poets of the age, was born in Camberwell,... | |
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Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland... 
