 And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.  Moral and Sacred Poetry - Page 203by Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843 - 236 pages
...£ver grew still. 4. And th£re lay the steed with his nostril all wide ; But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the tfirf, And c61d as the spray of the r6ck-beating surf. 5. 6. And the widows of A'shur are loud in their... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 324 pages
...the morrow, lay wither'd and strown. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride: And the...gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray on the rock beating surf. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...ever were still ! And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But through them there rolled not the breath of his pride And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray on the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, B ut through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And...rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...once heav'd, and for ever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, And through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And...rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur * are loud in their... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride, And the foam of his gasping...on his mail ; And the tents were all silent — the banners alone — The lances unlifted — the trumpets unblown. 1 The effect of these fine lines —... | |
 | Joseph Hall Wright - Paleoceanography - 1845 - 192 pages
...first stable or paddock, and found the elephant or camel lying " with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride ; And...lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-breaking surf!" How great would his astonishment be to find others in the street, lamenting for... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...forever grew still. 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his...turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. 5. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow' and the rust on his mail';... | |
 | Bradford Frazee - English language - 1845 - 214 pages
...ever grew still. 4 And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide ; But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his...turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. 5. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and rust on his mail ; And... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...— lay while on the turf. And cold— as the sprayof the rock-beating surf. And their — lay Ihe rider, distorted, and pale. With the dew on his brow,...rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners akioe. The lances — unlifted, the trumpets — unblown. And the widows of Ashur—w And in... | |
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