| Medicine - 1891 - 1404 pages
...And there 'mid the light of the breaking day, The surgeon was fifteen miles away. Under his flying feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed....the wind. And the steed like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, his wild eyes full of fire. Lo! he is nearlng his heart's desire, He is bringing his... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...battle-field Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Uuder his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowy Alpine...wind ; And the steed, like a 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... | |
| Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...battle-field calls; Every nerve of the charger was trained to full play. With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine...ocean flying before the wind, And the steed, like a barque fed with furnace ire. Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo! he is nearing his heart's... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to fuT play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. 6 Under his spurning feet, the road, Like an arrowy...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... | |
| American periodicals - 1864 - 744 pages
...battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet, the road, Like an arrowy...river, flowed. And the landscape sped away behind, Like nn ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his... | |
| Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. And the landscape gped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a barque fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's... | |
| A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play^ With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine...wind; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire, But, lo! he is near ing his heart's desire — He is... | |
| Thomas Buchanan Read - Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864 - 1865 - 184 pages
...battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine...wind, And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; SHERIDAN'S... | |
| Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 368 pages
...battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowy Alpine...wind ; And the steed, like a 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... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...resources were being rapidly exhausted. The loyal States were filling up a call made by the President on Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine...the wind; And the steed like a bark fed with furnace Ire, Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire. But lo! he is Hearing his heart's desire— He is snuffing... | |
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