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Poems Of Robert Browning: How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix'

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Browning, Robert

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How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix'

I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; 'Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gate - bolts undrew; 'Speed! echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.

Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek - strap, ...

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