 | Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...with eagle flight. As if he knew the terrible need, He streiched awav with his utmost speed; Hills rose and fell; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan...those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust like smoke from the cannon's mouth; Or a trail of a cornet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to traitors... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...flush of the morning light, A steed, as black as the steeds of night, Was seen to pass as with eagle flight. As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched...his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. 4 Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's... | |
 | American periodicals - 1864 - 744 pages
...waa gay. With Slieridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering anuth, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet, sweeping foster and faster, Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster ; The heart of the steed and the heart... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...with eagle flight, As if he knew the terrible need : He stretched away with his utmost speed ; Hills rose and fell ; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. 4. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering South, The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864 - 1865 - 180 pages
...with eagle flight, As if he knew the terrible need ; He stretched away with his utmost speed ; Hills rose and fell ; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan...those swift hoofs, thundering South, The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth ; Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...with eagle flight — As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with the utmost speed ; Hills rose and fell— but his heart was gay. With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from these swift hoofs, thundering South, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail... | |
 | George Whitefield Powers - United States - 1866 - 334 pages
...the flush of the morning light, A steed, black as the steeds of night, Was seen to pass as with eagle flight. As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched...his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. " S^ill sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...eagle's flight — As if he knew the terrible need, Ho stretehed away with his utmost speed; Hills rose and fell— But his heart was gay. With Sheridan fifteen miles away. General Grant pressed the enemy in Petersburg. He gradually extended his lines south and west, seeking... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...eagle flight — As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with the utmost speed * Hill a rose and fell — but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. 4. Still sprung from these swift hoofs, thundering Sontb, The dust, hke the smoke from the cannon's... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...eagle's flight — As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with his utmost speed; Hills rose and fell— But his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. General Grant pressed the enemy in Petersburg. He gradually extended his lines south and west, seeking... | |
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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... 
