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... ride . And hurrah ! for a ride in the sultry noon , When the summer has mounted high , ' Neath the shadowy wood in the glowing June , When the rivulet chanteth its lullaby tune To the breeze as it wanders by , Quietly down by the ...
... ride . And hurrah ! for a ride in the sultry noon , When the summer has mounted high , ' Neath the shadowy wood in the glowing June , When the rivulet chanteth its lullaby tune To the breeze as it wanders by , Quietly down by the ...
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... ride . GLOSSARY . List ; pensive ; spoils . STUDY . In what kind of spirits does the speaker seem to be ? What gains or advantages does the poet mention as coming from the ride described ? Read the lines that bring out these points ...
... ride . GLOSSARY . List ; pensive ; spoils . STUDY . In what kind of spirits does the speaker seem to be ? What gains or advantages does the poet mention as coming from the ride described ? Read the lines that bring out these points ...
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... ride to Nottinghamshire to find Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest ; for the queen had made a match with the king , her archers against his archers , and the queen pro- posed to have Robin Hood and his band to shoot on her side against the ...
... ride to Nottinghamshire to find Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest ; for the queen had made a match with the king , her archers against his archers , and the queen pro- posed to have Robin Hood and his band to shoot on her side against the ...
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... ride . What points center the attention on Roland ? Are you pleased with the official action indicated in the last stanza ? Explain line 15 . 5 THE TRUMPETS OF DOOLKARNEIN LEIGH HUNT With awful walls , far glooming , that possess'd The ...
... ride . What points center the attention on Roland ? Are you pleased with the official action indicated in the last stanza ? Explain line 15 . 5 THE TRUMPETS OF DOOLKARNEIN LEIGH HUNT With awful walls , far glooming , that possess'd The ...
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... ride . Should they our steps discover , Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover ? " Out spoke the hardy Highland wight , " I'll go , my chief - I'm ready : - It is not for your silver bright , But for your ...
... ride . Should they our steps discover , Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover ? " Out spoke the hardy Highland wight , " I'll go , my chief - I'm ready : - It is not for your silver bright , But for your ...
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Page 101 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die,...
Page 193 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!— For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! » And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 109 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 200 - Huddup!" said the parson. Off went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the -Moses - was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill.
Page 149 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 94 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 130 - 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 the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Page 93 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.
Page 263 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Page 261 - Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew. And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat He manfully did throw.