Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 196
e rise! INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP By Robert Browning YOU know we French stormed Ratisbon:A mile or so away.On a little mound. Napoleon Stood on our storming day;With neck out-thrust, you fancy how. Legs wide, arms locked behind,As if to balance the prone browOppressive with its mind. Just as… … weve got you ratisbon ! Full-galloping: nor bridle drewUntil he reached the mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erectBy just his horses mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect—(So tight he kept his lips compressed. Scarce any blood came through) 176 Incident of the French…
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