 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
 | George Wolfe Shinn - 1889 - Počet stránok 300
...And turned and tightened his saddle-girth : But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat." This incident was commemorated on the evening of April... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1889 - Počet stránok 368
...belfry of the North Church in Boston town and rode his ride of warning the story grows in interest. " And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer...was riding that night; And the spark struck out by the steed in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat." The land was ready to be kindled.... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - Počet stránok 640
...silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, • The watchful night wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming...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 - 1890 - Počet stránok 460
...thebelfry'sheight A glimmer, and then a gleam of light ! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1890 - Počet stránok 304
...lamp in the belfry burns ! TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape iu the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from...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 - 1890 - Počet stránok 458
...gleam of light ! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, A hurry of hoofs in a village strfvt, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, | And...gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding thatnight; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight. Kindled the land into flame with... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - Počet stránok 570
...in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming...was all! and yet, through the gloom and the light, 354 ADVENTURE AND RURAL SPORTS. The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1891 - Počet stránok 124
...opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed at the landscape far aivl Then, impetuous, stamped the earth, And turned and...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 - 1891 - Počet stránok 276
...landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle girth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower...night ; And the spark struck out by that steed, in hia flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1891 - Počet stránok 800
...But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns ! A hurry of hoofs in village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in...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... | |
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