. Perfect pearls of poetry and prose; the most unique, touching, inspiring and beautiful literary . THE BLOOD HORSE. BARRY CORNWALL. S^KAMAKRA is a dainty steed,gJ^K Strong, black, and of noble breed,^fi:\\j Full of fire, aul full of bono, With all Ills linf! of fatherw known ;Fini^hifl nose, his nostrils blown abroad by the pride withinHis man*! is like a river bis eyes like embers glowingIn the of the night,And bis pace as swift as light. I(0ok,—liow round liis straining throatGrace and shifting beauty float;Sinewy strength \a in his reins. I And t
. Perfect pearls of poetry and prose; the most unique, touching, inspiring and beautiful literary . THE BLOOD HORSE. BARRY CORNWALL. S^KAMAKRA is a dainty steed,gJ^K Strong, black, and of noble breed,^fi:\\j Full of fire, aul full of bono, With all Ills linf! of fatherw known ;Fini^hifl nose, his nostrils blown abroad by the pride withinHis man*! is like a river bis eyes like embers glowingIn the of the night,And bis pace as swift as light. I(0ok,—liow round liis straining throatGrace and shifting beauty float;Sinewy strength \a in his reins. I And the red blood gallops through his , redder, never ranThrough the boasting heart of He can trace his lineage higherj Than the Bourbon dare aspire,—! ] Douglas, Guzman, or the fJuelph,Or OBriens blood itself! He, who hath no peer, was bornHfrc, upon a red March morn ;But his famous fathers deadWire Arabs all, and Arab bred,And tlie last of that great linoTrod likt? oin of a race divine I. THE FRONT AND SIDE DOORS. 43 And yet,—^b« was but friend to one,Who fed him at tha aet of sunBy some lone fountain fringed with green ;With him, a roving Bedoui« lie lived (none else would he obeyThrough all the hot Arabian day),And died untamed upon the sandaWhere Balkh amidst the desert stAods I TEE FRONT AND SIDE DOORS. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
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