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 the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach,...retire, wheel round and round. Then plunging back with sudden•bound, Headed by one black mighty steed, Who seemed the patriarch of his breed, Without a... | |
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