American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 304
,And vaulted with such ease into his seatAs if an angel droppd down from the clouds,To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus,And witch the world with noble horsemanship. AMERICAN ARTAnd here is the Bard of Avons description of a fine horse: — Imperiously he leaps, he neighs, he bounds,And now his woven… … Two Little Pigs. Drawn by Shelton. His ears upprickd ; his braided hanging maneUpon his compassd crest now stands on end;His nostrils drink the air, and forth again,As from a furnace, vapors doth he send : His eye, which scornfully glistens like are,Shows his hot courage and his high desire.…
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