 | Recitations - 1876 - 734 pages
...heavy stride, On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed on the landscape far and near. Then impetuous stamped...saddle-girth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely, aud spectral,... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1876 - 348 pages
...the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. ?'. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and...with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Eevere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed at the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous,1... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and...a heavy stride, On the opposite shore walked Paul Eevere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed at the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, stamped... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - Cambridge (Mass.) - 1876 - 154 pages
...which was of great value, including many choice manuscripts, 1 "Impatient to mount and ride, Rooted and spurred, with a heavy stride ' On the opposite shore walked Paul Keverc. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed at the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, stamped... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and...saddle-girth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of ths Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1877 - 400 pages
...meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and...turned and tightened his saddlegirth ; But mostly hewatched with eager search The belfry tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - Elocution - 1877 - 346 pages
...meet the bay— A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. 7. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and...gazed at the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, 1 stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle-girth ; But mostly he watched with eager search... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - Elocution - 1877 - 350 pages
...meet the bay — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. 7. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and...with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Eevere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed at the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous,1... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1878 - 638 pages
...meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and...saddle-girth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and...saddlegirth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral... | |
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For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred,... 
