| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, [disaster. Foreboding to traitors the doom of The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were... | |
| Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...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...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... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...Sheridan fiftecn miles away. 4 Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet,...strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. 5 Under his spurning feet, the road, Like an arrowy Alpine river, flowed, And the landscape sped away... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...Sheridan fifteen miles away. 4 Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet,...master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their wijls, Impatient to be where the battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to fuT... | |
| Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...; 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...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... | |
| American periodicals - 1864 - 744 pages
...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... | |
| John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1865 - 778 pages
...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,...strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, Under his spurning feet, the road Like an ocean flying before the... | |
| Education - 1865 - 594 pages
...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 sweeping faster and faster, Forebodiug to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the stcud and the heart of the master Were... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...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,...the steed and the heart of the master Were beating likc prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to bo where the battle-field calls; Every nerve of... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...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,...heart of the steed, and the heart of the master Were heating, like prisoners assaulting their wall», Impatient to be where the battle-field calls. Every... | |
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