 A hundred yards have glided by, And they settle to the race, More keen becomes each straining eye, More terrible the pace. Unbroken yet o'er the gravel road Like maddening waves the troop has flowed, But the speed begins to tell ; And Yorkshire sees,...  The New sporting magazine - Page 2951838Full view - About this book
 | John William Carleton - 1855 - 528 pages
...asked for tea. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE SAM CHIFNEY. BY ZINGANEE. CHAPTER THIRD— HIS EARLY MOUNTS. " And Yorkshire sees with eye of fear, The Southron stealing from the rear, Aye ! mark his action well ! " Sir FH Doyle. The autumn of 1799 brought with it Sam's thirteenth birthday,... | |
 | 1840 - 1176 pages
...matchless mare ! A hundred yards have glided by, And they settle to the race ; More keen becomes cacli straining eye, More terrible the pace. Unbroken yet,...eye of fear, The Southron stealing from the rear. Ay I mark his action well ! Behind he is, but what repose I How steadily and clean he goes ! NVliiii latent... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1841 - 600 pages
...Unheaded to the last, For a thousand pounds she wins unpassed — Hurrah ! for the matchless marc ! A hundred yards have glided by, And they settle to...mark his action well ! Behind he is, but what repose 1 How steadily and clean he goes ! What latent speed his limbs disclose ! What power in every stride... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1841 - 528 pages
...terrible the pace. Unbroken yet, o'er the gravel road, Like madd'ning waves, the troop has flow'd, But the speed begins to tell; And Yorkshire sees,...eye of fear, The Southron stealing from the rear, Aye ! mark his action well! Behind he is; but what repose ! How steadily and clean he goes ! What latent... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Smith - Equidae - 1841 - 532 pages
...terrible the pace. Unbroken yet, o'er the gravel road, Like madd'ning waves, the troop has flow'd, But the speed begins to tell ; And Yorkshire sees,...eye of fear, The Southron stealing from the rear, Aye ! mark his action well ! Behind he is, but what repose ! How steadily and clean he goes ! What... | |
 | Henry Hall Dixon - 1856 - 266 pages
...this game ; " Buckle and I will be having Sam and SAM-SON down on us soon." CHAPTER VI. SAM CHIFNEV. " And Yorkshire sees, with eye of fear, The Southron stealing from the rear. Aye ! mark his action well ! " SIR FH DOYLE. THE autumn of 1799 brought with it Sam's thirteenth birthday... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1866 - 392 pages
...terrible the pace. Unbroken yet o'er the gravel road Like maddening waves the troop has flowed, 15ut the speed begins to tell; And Yorkshire sees, with...stealing from the rear. Ay ! mark his action well! liehind he is, but what repose ! How steadily and clean he goes ! What latent speed his limbs disclose... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1873 - 568 pages
...— Hurrah ! for the matchless mare l A hundred yards have glided by, And they settle to the n1ce, More keen becomes each straining eye, More terrible...the speed begins to tell ; And Yorkshire sees, with eye.of fear, The Southron stealing from the rear. Ay ! mark his action well ! Behind he is, but what... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.) - English poetry - 1883 - 368 pages
...thought they leap, A start ! a start ! they're off, by heaven, Like a single horse, though twenty-seven, And 'mid the flash of silks we scan A Yorkshire jacket...eye of fear, The Southron stealing from the rear. Ay 1 mark his action well ! Behind he is, but what repose ! How steadily and clean he goes ! What latent... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle - 1888 - 88 pages
...the deep. B 2 A start ! a start ! they're off, by heaven. Like a single horse, though twenty-seven, And 'mid the flash of silks we scan A Yorkshire jacket...! Behind he is, but what repose ! How steadily and clean he goes ! What latent speed his limbs disclose ! What power in every stride he shows ! They see,... | |
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