 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1847 - 600 pages
...great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twos moonset at starting;... | |
 | 1846 - 578 pages
...pace Neck by neck, stride for stride, nerer changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set...the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. ' 'Twas moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lockeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1847 - 910 pages
...pace Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set...chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Rowland a whit. III. 'Twas moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew, and... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set...the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. nx. 'Twas moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest And into the midnight we galloped abreast. 'Twos moonset at starting, but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear; At Boom a great yellow star came out to see; At Duffeld 'twas morning as plain... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...pace Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set...bit, — Nor galloped less steadily Roland, a whit. 'T was moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...pace Neek by neek, stride for stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set...bit, — Nor galloped less steadily Roland, a whit. 'T was moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned elear... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place, I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup and set the pique right Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride never changing our place, I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup and set the pique right, Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting,... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...pace Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set...bit, — Nor galloped less steadily Roland, a whit. T was moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear... | |
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Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker... 
