 | 1897 - 404 Seiten
...with eagle flight. As if he knew the terrible need, He streiched awav with his utmost speed; Hills rose and fell; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan...those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust like smoke from the cannon's mouth; Or a trail of a cornet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to traitors... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 Seiten
...with eagle flight. As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with his utmost speed ; Hill rose and fell ; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. 4 Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's... | |
 | 1864 - 744 Seiten
...waa gay. With Slieridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering anuth, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail of a comet, sweeping foster and faster, Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster ; The heart of the steed and the heart... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 444 Seiten
...with eagle flight, As if he knew the terrible need : He stretched away with his utmost speed ; Hills rose and fell ; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. 4. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering South, The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth... | |
 | 1865 - 594 Seiten
...with eagle's flight — As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with his utmost speed. Hill rose and fell, but his heart was gay — With Sheridan...Or the trail of a comet sweeping faster and faster, Forebodiug to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the stcud and the heart of the master Were... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1865 - 180 Seiten
...with eagle flight, As if he knew the terrible need ; He stretched away with his utmost speed ; Hills rose and fell ; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan...those swift hoofs, thundering South, The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth ; Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 Seiten
...with eagle flight — As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with the utmost speed ; Hills rose and fell— but his heart was gay. With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from these swift hoofs, thundering South, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth, Or the trail... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 750 Seiten
...eagle's flight — As if he knew the terrible need, Ho stretehed away with his utmost speed; Hills rose and fell— But his heart was gay. With Sheridan fifteen miles away. General Grant pressed the enemy in Petersburg. He gradually extended his lines south and west, seeking... | |
 | George Whitefield Powers - 1866 - 334 Seiten
...as with eagle flight. As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with his utmost speed: Hill rose and fell; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. " S^ill sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering south, The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 Seiten
...eagle flight — As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with the utmost speed * Hill a rose and fell — but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away. 4. Still sprung from these swift hoofs, thundering Sontb, The dust, hke the smoke from the cannon's... | |
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Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners... 
