His first and last career is done! On came the troop - they saw him stoop, They saw me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong: They stop, they start, they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire, wheel round and... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4311819Full view - About this book
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...me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong : They stop — they start — they snuff hroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud...sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce bis breed, Without a single speck or hair Of white upon his shaggy hide ; They snort — they foam... | |
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...that follow o'er the sea, Came thickly thundering on : — They stop, — they start — they snuff" the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, — They snort, — they foam — neigh — swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct,... | |
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...Like waves that follow o'er the sea. Jn came the troop — They stop — they start — they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire, wheel round aud round, Chen plunging back with sudden bouud ; They snort, they foam, neigh, swerve aside, And backward... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1849 - 320 pages
...that follow o'er the sea, Came thickly thundering on : — They stop, — they start — they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, — They snort, — they foam — neigh — swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct,... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...that follow o'er the sea, Came thickly thundering on : — They stop, — they start — they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, , Approach,...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, — They snort, — they foam — neigh — swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong ; They stop — they start — they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...hide ; They snort — they foam — neigh — swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct, from a human eye. — They left me there, to my... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...saw me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong : They stop, they start, they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, Heade^l by one black mighty steed, Who seem'd the patriarch of his breed, Without a single speck or... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 410 pages
...saw me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong : They stop, they start, they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...shaggy hide ; They snort, they foam, neigh, swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct, from a human eye. They left me there to my despair,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...stop—they start—they snuff' 'he air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire, wheel round anH round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, Headed by one black mighty steed, Who seern'd the patriarch of his breed, Without a single speck or hair Of white upon his shaggy hide; They... | |
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