 A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate...  The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918 - Strana 24181918 - Počet stránok 4009Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - Počet stránok 372
...bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns ! 9. A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the...nation was riding that night ; And the spark struck cut by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. 1 0. It was twelve by... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - Počet stránok 410
...hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glunmer, and then a gleam of light ! He springs to the saddle,...the spark struck out by that steed in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - Počet stránok 642
...paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1872 - Počet stránok 218
...But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns ! A hurry of hoots in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. It was twelve by the village clock, When he crossed the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - Počet stránok 384
...the dead ; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the liver widens to meet the bay, — A line of black that bends...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - Počet stránok 560
...bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns I A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | George Lowell Austin - 1875 - Počet stránok 746
...river to Charlestown, secured a horse, and started to alarm the country. "A hurry of hoofs in a rillage street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat." Revere passed through Medford, and about midnight, arrived... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1875 - Počet stránok 622
...in the belfry burns — A hum- of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in ihe dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing a...the spark, struck out by that steed in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. Ill the mean time the troops had crossed Charles River,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - Počet stránok 576
...belfry-tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and somber and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - Počet stránok 348
...bridle he turns,4 But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns ! 8. A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. 9. He has left the village, and mounted the steep, And beneath... | |
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