Moxon's standard penny readings [ed. by T. Hood]., Volumen1 |
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... stood black every one , To stare thro ' the mist at us galloping past , And I saw my stout galloper Roland at last , With resolute shoulders , each butting away The haze , as some bluff river headland its spray . And his low head and ...
... stood black every one , To stare thro ' the mist at us galloping past , And I saw my stout galloper Roland at last , With resolute shoulders , each butting away The haze , as some bluff river headland its spray . And his low head and ...
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... , Shook off both my jack - boots , let go belt and all , Stood up in the stirrup , leaned , patted his ear , Called my Roland his pet name , my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands , laughed and sang , any noise FROM GHENT TO AIX . 5.
... , Shook off both my jack - boots , let go belt and all , Stood up in the stirrup , leaned , patted his ear , Called my Roland his pet name , my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands , laughed and sang , any noise FROM GHENT TO AIX . 5.
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... stood . And all I remember is , friends flocking round As I sat with his head ' twixt my knees and the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine , As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine , Which ( the ...
... stood . And all I remember is , friends flocking round As I sat with his head ' twixt my knees and the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine , As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine , Which ( the ...
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... stood the rogue and roar'd , Unasked and unencored , Enough to split the organs call'd auricular ! Heard in that quiet place , Devoted to a still and studious race , The noise was quite appalling ! To seek a fitting ΙΟ MORE HULLAH - BALOO .
... stood the rogue and roar'd , Unasked and unencored , Enough to split the organs call'd auricular ! Heard in that quiet place , Devoted to a still and studious race , The noise was quite appalling ! To seek a fitting ΙΟ MORE HULLAH - BALOO .
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... , It also emptied it . However , there he stood Vociferous - a ragged don ! And with his iron pipes laid on A row to all the neighbourhood . In vain were sashes closed And doors against the persevering MORE HULLAH - BALOO . II.
... , It also emptied it . However , there he stood Vociferous - a ragged don ! And with his iron pipes laid on A row to all the neighbourhood . In vain were sashes closed And doors against the persevering MORE HULLAH - BALOO . II.
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Página 2 - Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Página 82 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long. She wept with pity and delight, She blushed with love, and virgin shame; And like the murmur of a dream, I heard her breathe my name.
Página 5 - 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 pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets
Página 2 - Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; 'Speed!' echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Página 52 - I met a little cottage Girl: She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That cluster'd round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair; Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be ? " " How many ? Seven in all," she said, And wondering look'd at me.
Página 23 - What could it proceed from? Not from the burnt cottage: he had smelt that smell before; indeed this was by no means the first accident of the kind which had occurred through the negligence of this unlucky young fire-brand. Much less did it resemble that of any known herb, weed, or flower. A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed his nether lip.
Página 95 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Página 94 - Teach us, sprite or bird, what sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Página 22 - Bo-bo was in the utmost consternation,- as you may think, not so much for the sake of the tenement, which his father and he could easily build up again with a few dry branches, and the labor of an hour or two, at any time, as for the loss of the pigs.
Página 90 - Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear, Until we hardly see, — we feel that it is there.