 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1877 - 298 pages
...inborn goodness in the female heart ! Robert SouiHey. HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped,...Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed 1 " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; " Speed ! " echoed the wall to ns galloping through... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1876 - 216 pages
...all ! Home, and good night I HOW THEY BBOUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FEOM GHENT TO AIX. ROBERT BROWNING. • 1 sprang to the stirrup, and Joris and he ; I galloped,...Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed 1" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew! "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind... | |
 | 1889 - 744 pages
..." The Ride from Ghent to Aix " : — I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dick galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew — " Speed I" echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1877 - 296 pages
...inborn goodness in the female heart ! Robert Southey. HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...And, his chief beside, Smiling, the boy fell dead. HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris and he ; I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace, — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...dread, fathomless — alone ! GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT. — (Browning^ By kind permission of the Author. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our... | |
 | George Melville Baker - English poetry - 1877 - 190 pages
...he said, And leapt within the gaping gulf, which dosed above his head. THE -RiDE FROM GHENT TO A.IX. SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - Literary Criticism - 1914 - 144 pages
...galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; "Good speed 1 " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts " Speed ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. II Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
 | Archibald Macbride Hunter - Religion - 1972 - 228 pages
...Browning's poem, 'How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix', with its electric beginning : I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he: I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three. If you change the place-names in the title, and for Ghent and Aix write Jerusalem and Rome, you have... | |
 | Bill Moore - Cooking - 1987 - 180 pages
...unstressed impulses. Some kind of beat seems to appeal strongly to people. I sprang to the saddle, and Joris, and he, I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ROBERT BROWNING The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. ALFRED NOYES Soon will the... | |
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I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gatebolts undrew ; "Speed... 
