 | Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 Seiten
...stirrup, and set the pique* 10 right, Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.* 'Twas moonset at starting...but while we drew near Lokeren,* the cocks crew and twilig_ht dawned clear ; At Boom,* a great yellow star came out to see ; 1 5 At Duft'eld,* 'twas morning... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 Seiten
...each stirrup and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker 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 ; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 Seiten
...stirrup, and set the pique right ; Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting...clear ; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Diiffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 Seiten
...Rebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. Twas a moonset at starting ; but while we drew near Lokeren,...clear ; At Boom a great yellow star came out to see ; At Diifleld Ч was morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime... | |
 | 1878 - 254 Seiten
...by stride, never changing our place; 3. Twas moonset at starting; but, while we drew near Lokereu, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see; At Diiffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be; Aud from Mechlin church-steeple we heard the halfchime,... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 Seiten
...stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting;...clear ; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Diiffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the halfchime,... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 350 Seiten
...stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, — Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. Twas moonset at starting;...clear; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see; At DUffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
 | Joseph Wadsworth Keene - 1879 - 256 Seiten
...stirrup, and set the pique right, Eebuckled the check-strap, chained slacker the bit — Nor galloped less steadily Roland, a whit. 'Twas moonset at starting...clear ; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see ; At Dtlffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be ; And from Mechlin church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
 | Frances Mayes - 2001 - 548 Seiten
...stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. Twas moonset at starting;...clear; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see; At Duffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
 | Bill Moore, David Booth - 2003 - 154 Seiten
...stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit. "Twas moonset at starting;...clear; At Boom, a great yellow star came out to see; At Duffeld, 'twas morning as plain as could be; And from Mecheln church-steeple we heard the half-chime,... | |
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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... 
