 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 oldal
...roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate,...stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer — Clapped my hands, laughed and sung, any noise, bad or good, Till... | |
 | 1850 - 536 oldal
...lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which could alone save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. IX. " Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt... | |
 | 1846 - 534 oldal
...roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And then was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate,...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. IX. ' Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt... | |
 | 1847 - 592 oldal
...fronted many a shivering lance, will yet save the lovers, for see how he flies, " With his nostrJs like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-socketó' rim." Do not despair, then, of meeting them next month enjoying the rewaid of their devotion.... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 oldal
...Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate,...stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till... | |
 | 1850 - 538 oldal
...dead as a stone; •-' And there was my Roland to bear the whale weight Of the news which could alone save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, ),, ,Al»d with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim. t.- • if IX i ' ''tk'fhen I cast loose my... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 oldal
...roan Rolled neck and crop over, lay dead as a stone; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news, which alone could save Aix from her fate,...stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good, And all... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 oldal
...Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate,...stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or Till at length... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 oldal
...the whole weight . Of the news which alone could save Ai» from her fate, With his nostrils like pita full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red...stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till... | |
 | George Wilson - 1852 - 336 oldal
...First one horse and then another drops down dead. " And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate,...And with circles of red for his eye-sockets' rim." The good horse Roland reaches the distressed city in time, and is rewarded by the grateful citizens... | |
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for Aix is in sight!" "How they'll greet us!" — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate. With his nostrils like... 
