 He saw once more his dark-eyed queen Among her children stand; They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks, They held him by the hand!— A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's...  Friendship's Forget-me-not - 90. oldal1849 - 243 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 oldal
...the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's hank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabhard of steel Smiting his stallion's flank. Before him, like a blood-red flag, The bright flamingoes... | |
 | 1879 - 1036 oldal
...is masterly. The harmony of sound and sense, — the movement of the fourth stanza is very fine : " And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's...his scabbard of steel Smiting his stallion's flank." The fertility of Mr. Longfellow's mind, and the variety of his powers, were manifested in his thirty-sixth... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 oldal
...his neck, they kissed his cheeks, They held him by the hand !— A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridal-reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 oldal
...his neck, they kissed his cheeks, They held him by the hand : A tear burst from the sleeper's lids, And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed...The bright flamingoes flew ; From morn till night he follow'd their flight, O'er plains where the tarmarind grew, Till he saw the roof of Caffre huts, And... | |
 | James Ridgway - 1873 - 306 oldal
...his neck, they kiss'd his cheeks, They held him by the hand ! A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode ,. Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1874 - 240 oldal
...the flanks (costa) of his high-mettled (ardens) steed. EXERCISE LXII. (same continued}. Before Mm, like a blood-red flag, The bright flamingoes flew; From morn till night he follow'd their flight O'er plains where the tamarind grew, Till he saw the roofs of the Caffre huts,... | |
 | T. W. M. - 1876 - 264 oldal
...his neck, they kiss'd his cheeks, They held him by the hand : A tear burst from the sleeper's lids, And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed...Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains, with a martial clank, leap he could feel his scabbard of steel g his stallion's flank. * NIGEH.—... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1879 - 448 oldal
...neck, they kissed his cheeks, they held him by the hand ! — • A tear burst from the sleeper's lids, and fell into the sand. And then at furious speed...flank. Before him, like a blood-red flag, the bright flamingoes2 flew ; From morn till night he followed their flight, o'er plains where the tamarind3 grew,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 450 oldal
...neck, they kissed his cheeks, They held him by the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed...blood-red flag, The bright flamingoes flew ; From mom till night he followed their flight, O'er plains where the tamarind grew, Till he saw the roofs... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 oldal
...his neck, they kissed hU cheeks. They held him by the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed...bridle-reins were golden chains, And, with A martial chmk, At each leap he could feel his scabbard of steel Smiting his stallion's flank. Before him, like... | |
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