And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. Parnassus - Page 288edited by - 1875 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Henry Taylor (master of the Model sch, Battersea.) - 1851 - 292 pages
...for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his...distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust ou his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances uulifted, the trumpet unblown.... | |
| William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...for ever grew still And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride, And the foam of his gasping...distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances uulifted, the trumpet unblown.... | |
| English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his...distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his inail ; The tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril...lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rook-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust... | |
| Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...heaved, and forever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But through them there rolled not the breath of his pride ; And the...distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail ; And the (cuts were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpets unblown.... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his...distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.... | |
| Eliza Smith (clergyman's daughter.) - 1852 - 352 pages
...for ever grew still. ' And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolTd not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his...distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mall ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...for ever were still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping...distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail ! And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...morrow, lay withered and strewn. And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But through them there rolled not the breath of his pride ; And the...rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow aud the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...of the sleeper waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still. 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide,...turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. 5. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail ;... | |
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