 Sheridan twenty miles away. But there is a road from Winchester town, A good broad highway leading down ; And there, through the 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...  Men and Things I Saw in Civil War Days - Page 377by James Fowler Rusling - 1899 - 411 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...of night Was seen to pass, as 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 fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust like smoke from the cannon's mouth; Or a... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...with eagle flight. As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with his utmost speed ; Hill 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 the smoke from the cannon's... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...there is a road from Winchester town, A good broad highway leading down ; And there, through the flash of the morning light, A steed as black as the steeds...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
...dawn, Believing the good in all worships, it feels A divinity present wherever it kneels. WAH POEMS. 73 SHERIDAN'S RIDE. UP from the South at break of day,...heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering South, The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth ; Or... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864 - 1865 - 184 pages
...the listener cold, As he thought of the stake in that fiery fray, And Sheridan twenty miles away. 75 But there is a road from Winchester town, A good broad...heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering South, The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth ; Or... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...Was seen to pass as 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,... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 368 pages
...listener cold, As he thought of the stake in that fiery fray, And Sheridan twenty miles away. But there's a road from Winchester town, A good, broad highway...heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs thundering South The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 352 pages
...cold, As he thought of the stake in that fiery fray, And Sheridan twenty miles away. But there 'sa road from Winchester town, A good, broad highway leading...heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift, hoofs thundering South The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...flush of morning light, A steed, as black as the steeds of night. Was seen to pass as with eagle's flight — As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched...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... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...of night, Was seen to pass as with eagle's flight — As if he knew the terrible need, Ho stretehed away with his utmost speed; Hills rose and fell—...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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