A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of... Historic Fields and Mansions of Middlesex - Page 350by Samuel Adams Drake - 1874 - 442 pagesFull view - About this book
| Apples - 1912 - 350 pages
...from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex... | |
| 1911 - 592 pages
...from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet. That was all ! And yet through the gloom and the light The fate of a nation was riding that night ' — can be justly quoted on the other side. Yet from the time when Heine, whose balladist genius... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...from the pebbles, in passing a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet; That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1863 - 310 pages
...from the pebbles, in passing, a $park Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a stecd that flies fearless and fleet : That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. 10 It was twelve by the Tillage-clock, When he crossed the bridge into Medford town He heard the crowing... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet : That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and The fate of a nation was riding that night ; And the...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat 1 0 It was twelve by the village-clock, When he crossed the bridge into Medford town He heard the crowing... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Military art and science - 1864 - 254 pages
...pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! ' And . jet, through the gloom and the light, • The fate of a...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the... | |
| Education - 1864 - 568 pages
...from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the sparks struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. Paul Revere... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1864 - 232 pages
...from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night ;j And the spark struck out by that steed, in his He has left the village and mounted the steep, And... | |
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