 | Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind, And the steed, like a barque fed with furnace ire. Swept on, with his wild eye...then the retreating troops. > What was done? What to do? a glance told him both; Then striking his spurs, with a terrible oath He dashed down the line mid... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...heart's desire : He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 6 The first that the general saw were the groups Of...the retreating troops. "What was done — what to do — a glance told him both ; Then striking his spurs, with a muttered oath, He dashed down the line... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...heart's desire : He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 6. The first that the General saw were the groups Of...then the retreating troops : What was done ? what to do ? a glance told him both ; Then, striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed down the line,... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864 - 1865 - 180 pages
...nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed,...then the retreating troops, What was done ? what to do ? a glance told him both, Then striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed down the line,... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864 - 1865 - 184 pages
...on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; SHERIDAN'S RIDE. 77 He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With...then the retreating troops, What was done ? what to do ? a glance told him both, Then striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed down the line,... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire, But, lo! he is near ing his heart's desire — He is stuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only...the retreating troops ; What was done — what to do — a glance told him both, And striking his spurs with a terrible oath, He dashed down the line... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1865 - 778 pages
...furnace ire, But, lo! he is nearing his heart's desire— Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire. He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With...stragglers, and then the retreating troops ;— What was done—what to do—a glance told him both, Then striking his spurs with a terrible oath, He dashed... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 368 pages
...flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire...the retreating troops : What was done — what to do — a glance told him both ; Then striking his spurs, with a terrrible oath, He dashed down the... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire...then the retreating troops. What was done — what to do — a glance told him both; Then, striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed down the line... | |
 | George Whitefield Powers - United States - 1866 - 334 pages
...flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire ; But lo ! he is nearing his heart's...then the retreating troops. What was done — what to do — a glance told him both ; Then striking his spurs with a terrible oath, He dashed down the line... | |
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Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But, lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the General saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating... 
