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" Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in... "
Among the Poets: A Choice Selection of the Best Poems by the Best Authors - Page 213
1882 - 336 pages
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compress'd, Scarce any blood came through,) You look'd twice e'er you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well,"...flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perch'd him." The chief's eye flash'd ; his plane Soar'd up again like fire. The chief's eye flash'd...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compress'd, Scarce any blood came through,) You look'd twice e'er you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well,"...flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perch'd him." The chief's eye flash'd ; his plans Soar'd up again like fire. The chief's eye flash'd...
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Friendship's Forget-me-not

1849 - 274 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed Scarce any blood...vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perched him!" The Chiefs eye flashed; his plans Soared up again like fire. The Chief's eye flashed ; but presently Softened...
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Poems: A blot in the 'scutcheon

Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...: You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came thro') You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but...two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace " We 've got you Ratisbon ! " The Marshal 's in the market-place, " And you 'll be there anon " To...
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Pictures of the Living Authors of Britain

Thomas Powell - 1851 - 216 pages
...By just his horse's mane, a boy— You hardly could suspect, (So tight he kept his lips compress'd Scarce any blood came through,) You looked twice ere...you'll be there anon, To see your flag-bird flap his rans Where I, to heart's desire Perched him I' The chiefs eye flashed, his plans Soared up again like...
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Folk Songs

John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...Scarce any blood came through,) You looked twice, ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. IV. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace We've got...Marshal's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon, 262 To sec your flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perched him ! " The chief's eye...
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Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any...twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. rv. •' Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace We've got you Ratisbon ! The Marshal's in the market-place,...
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The Patriotic Speaker: Consisting of Specimens of Modern Eloquence, Together ...

Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect Just by his horse's mane, a boy ; You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) — You looked twice e'er you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace We've...
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Poems, Volume 2

Robert Browning - 1864 - 436 pages
...By just his horse's mane, a boy: (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came thro') You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. IV. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace " We've got you Katisbon ! " The Marshal's in the...
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Forget me not

Forget - 1864 - 202 pages
...eould suspeet — (So tight he kept his lips eompressed Searee any blood eame through) You looked twiee ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," eried he, " Emperor, by God's graee We've got you Ratisbon I Tho Marshal's in the market-plaee, And...
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