 | Mary A. Blood, Ida Morey Riley - Elocution - 1920 - 170 pages
...roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away ! n. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops; What...glance told him both, Then striking his spurs with a muttered oath, He dashed down the line 'mid a storm of huzzahs, And the wave of retreat checked it... | |
 | Henry Eugene Davies - Generals - 1895 - 378 pages
...the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 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, And, striking his spurs with a terrible oath, He dashed down the line 'mid a storm of huzzahs, And... | |
 | Henry Eugene Davies - Generals - 1895 - 380 pages
...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 down the line "mid a storm of hurzahs, And the wave of retreat checked its course then because The sight of the master compelled... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - Ballads, English - 1896 - 344 pages
...the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 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. He dashed down the line, mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1896 - 546 pages
...the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. 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, And, striking his spurs with a terrible oath, He dashed down the line 'mid a storm of huzzas, And the... | |
 | Walter Learned - American poetry - 1897 - 338 pages
...the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops ; What...both. Then striking his spurs with a terrible oath, He dash'd down the line, 'mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat check'd its course there, because... | |
 | World history - 1897 - 600 pages
...Winchester twenty miles away," hearing the sound of battle, came in hot haste to the scene of action, "dashed down the line mid a storm of huzzas, and the...there, because the sight of the master compelled it pause." Thus Sheridan, by his voice and presence, infused such confidence in his disheartened troops... | |
 | 1898 - 1170 pages
...panicstricken, and, seeing the situation at a glance, "Striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, lie dashed down the line 'mid a storm of huzzas, And the...because The sight of the master compelled It to pause." Captain Hadley quotes authority upon authority, Union and Confederate, to prove that we have been letting... | |
 | R. L. Paget - American poetry - 1898 - 474 pages
...the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops ; What...both. Then striking his spurs with a terrible oath, SHERIDAN'S RIDE. He dash'd down the line, 'mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its... | |
 | Katharine Hamer Shute - 1899 - 248 pages
...his heart's desire, He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. What was done — what to do — a glance told him...his spurs, with a terrible oath, He dashed down the lines 'mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of... | |
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But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops. What was done ? what to do ? a... 
