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Arnold Rode Behind
Roderic Quinn
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Book Second [School-Time Continued]
William Wordsworth
--proud to curb,
And eager to spur on, the galloping steed;
And with the courteous inn-keeper, whose stud
Supplied our want, we...
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Edinburgh After Flodden
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
With casque on head and spur on heel,
All keen to do and dare;
And proudly did that gallant boy
Dunedin's banner...
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King Volmer and Elsie
John Greenleaf Whittier
And one was brave in scarlet cloak, with golden spur on heel,
And, as he checked his foaming steed, the maiden checked her...
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Kinmont Willie
Andrew Lang
Were kinsmen to the bauld Buccleuch,
With spur on heel, and splent on spauld,
And gleuves of green, and feathers...
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Love and War
Arthur Patchett Martin
And thy love should spur on—not deter...
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Oliver Basselin. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Watched and waited, spur on heel;
But the poet sang for sport
Songs that rang
Another clang,
Songs that lowlier hearts...
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Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. The Sicilian's Tale; The Bell of Atri
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A knight, with spur on heel and sword in belt,
Who loved to hunt the wild-boar in the woods,
Who loved his falcons...
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Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Student's Tale; Emma and Eginhard
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Among the armed knights with spur on heel,
The tramp of horses and the clang of steel;
And as the Emperor promised he was schooled...
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The Zenana
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Sought, sword in hand and spur on heel,
The fame, that weds with blood and...
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Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now?
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant
I can mind how he cow-kicked the spur on my boot,
  And though that's long ago, still I vow
If they're wheeling a piker no new-chum...
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