 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 362 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... | |
 | 1886 - 556 pages
...with 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, Ho ilashed... | |
 | 1886 - 562 pages
...furnace ire Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire ; But, lo ! he is rearing his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With...groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops. sts What was done? what to do? A glance told him both, And, striking his spurs with a terrible oath,... | |
 | S. S. Hamill - 1886 - 426 pages
...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; What was done? what to do? a glance told him both, Then striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed... | |
 | S. S. Hamill - 1886 - 390 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 Sheridan only five miles away. 6. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and theu the retreating troops ; What... | |
 | Willis C. Humphrey - 1886 - 720 pages
...Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire, lint lo! ho is uearing his heart's desire; He is suufFing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. "Me dauhed down the line, 'mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo 1 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 dashed... | |
 | Frank A. Burr, Richard Josiah Hinton - 1888 - 466 pages
...with 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.' "As this verse was finished the andience broke into a tumult of applause. Then I read with all the... | |
 | 1888 - 344 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 I The first that the General saw, were the groups Of stragglers, and then, the retreating troops !... | |
 | George Cary Eggleston - 1889 - 546 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 dash'd... | |
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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. 
