| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 σελίδες
...Smiling, the boy fell dead. ROBERT BROWNING. HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris and he ; I galloped, Dirck...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace, — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
| Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 σελίδες
...before she surrendered. The sound of the horse's gallop is imitated in the rhythm of the words. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Nor a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our... | |
| 1876 - 508 σελίδες
...! Anonymous Translation. HEINRICH HEINE. How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix. T SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he : -*- I galloped,...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other : we kept the great pace — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
| 1876 - 732 σελίδες
...twain, Shall be one again, And without a seam ! THE RIDE FKOM GHENT TO AIX.— Robert Browning. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck...galloped all three ; "Good speed ! " cried the watch, a's the gate-bolts undrew; " Speed ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through Behind shut the postern,... | |
| 1876 - 216 σελίδες
...Home, and good night I HOW THEY BBOUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FEOM GHENT TO AIX. ROBERT BROWNING. • 1 sprang to the stirrup, and Joris and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed 1" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew! "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind... | |
| 1876 - 734 σελίδες
...twaiu, Shall be one again, And without a seam I THE RIDE FROM GHENT TO AIX.— Robert frowning. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; "Good speed 1" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; " Speed ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through Behind... | |
| Ernest Rhys - 1914 - 144 σελίδες
...galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; "Good speed 1 " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts " Speed ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through...to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. II Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing... | |
| Archibald Macbride Hunter - 1972 - 228 σελίδες
...Browning's poem, 'How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix', with its electric beginning : I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he: I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three. If you change the place-names in the title, and for Ghent and Aix write Jerusalem and Rome, you have... | |
| Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 σελίδες
...unstressed impulses. Some kind of beat seems to appeal strongly to people. I sprang to the saddle, and Joris, and he, I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ROBERT BROWNING The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. ALFRED NOYES Soon will the... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 σελίδες
...(1. 301-306) CTC; EBW; NoP; OAEL-2; TEP How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix 35 I sprang g A local habitation (1. 1—6) 36 I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common... | |
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