 | 1875 - 324 pages
...furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire. But, lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire — He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 6. The first that the General saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops ;—... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - 1875 - 416 pages
...with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his hear-t's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray "With Sheridan only five miles away." Soon he encountered the stream of fugitives surging northward, but they paused and turned about as... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire ; But, lo ! he is neariug his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With...stragglers, and then the retreating troops ; What was done, — what to do, — a glance told him both, And, striking his spurs with a terrible oath, He... | |
 | 1876 - 734 pages
...furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. Hut lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only live miles away. The first that the General saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire ; But, lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With...stragglers, and then the retreating troops ; What was done, — what to do, — a glance told him both, And, striking his spurs with a terrible oath, He... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 510 pages
...furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire, But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With...stragglers, and then the retreating troops, What was done ? what to do ? a glance told him both, Then striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 pages
...furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With...stragglers, and then the retreating troops ; What was done ? what to do ? a glance told him both. Then, striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearirig his heart's desire ; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With...stragglers, and then the retreating troops ; What was done ? what to do ? a glance told him both, Then striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 422 pages
...grow and grow till Nature teems With mellow haze. 7. (^=;) But, lo! he is nearing his heart's desire; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 8. (;=— ) The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low. " Ho ! a sail ! Ho ! a sail !" cried the man at... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 pages
...and grow till Nature teems With mellow haze. 7. (—=:) But, lo! he is nearing his heart's desire; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 8. (:=>-) The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low. " Ho ! a sail ! Ho ! a sail !" cried the man at... | |
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Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind, And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. 
