 The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient...  A Summer Story: Sheridan's Ride, and Other Poems - Stran 76avtor: Thomas Buchanan Read - 1865 - 144 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Annie A. Longfellow - 1882 - 202 strani
...hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere. HW LonfjjMow. SHERIDAN'S RIDE. UP from the South at break of day,...wind, And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace fire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of ire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; He is snuffing... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1882 - 590 strani
...Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south. The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet,...bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1882 - 594 strani
...from the cannon's mouth. Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to tvaitors the doom of disaster ; The heart of the steed, and...ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a hark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1882 - 590 strani
...master Were beating, like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to be where the hattle-field calls. Every nerve of the charger was strained to...ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a hark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire. Hut lo ! he is nearing his heart's... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 strani
...Impatient to be where the battle-field Every nerve of the charger waa strained to full play. roar, Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowy Alpine...bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire; But, lo! he is nearing his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 strani
...nerve of the charger was strained to full play, with Sheridan only ten miles away ! Under his spurring feet, the road like an arrowy Alpine river flowed;...bark fed with furnace ire, swept on with his wild eyes full of fire : but, lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire — he is snuffing the smoke of the... | |
 | 1883 - 270 strani
...stretched away with his utmost speed ; Hills rose and fell ; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Under his spurning feet the road Like...wind, And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace fire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of ire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; He is snuffing... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1883 - 430 strani
...Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under bis spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river...ocean flying before the wind, And the steed, like a barque fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild pye full of flre. Hut lo I he is nearing his heart's... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 296 strani
...Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet,...Like an 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... | |
 | 1885 - 332 strani
...Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs thundering south, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet...bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire ; But, lo! he is nearing his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring... | |
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