...Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall, — ' Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. III. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy :...

...Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall, — ' Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. IIL Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You...

...fall, Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall,—' Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping: nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. IIt. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: You...

...Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall," — Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. III. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy :...

...Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall," — Ont 'twizt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle...his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) Yon looked twice ere yon saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's...

...yonder wall," — Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Fall-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. Then off...his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — I So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) Yon looked twice ere you...

...battery smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reach'd the mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And...hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compress'd, Scarce any blood came through) Yon look'd twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot...

...Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall," — Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. m. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You...

...himseli erect Ну just hi» horse's mane, a boy : \ он hardly could siispect — iS> tight he kfpt his lips compressed. Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw lus breast Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace We 've got you Ratisbon...

...Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall," — Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. 1 The incident upon which this touching poem is based took place at the storming of Ratisbon, in Bavaria,...