The Champion stout 8 Eftsoones dismounted from his courser braue, And to the Dwarfe a while his needlesse spere he gaue.
A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
Free from all maternal dread, Now 'twas thine to raise and chear Him, from whom the courser fled, Trembling yet with generous fear!
Us'd to his bold caprices oft, And equal to his weight, The courser toss'd his mane aloft, And swam with breast elate.
Now by the swelling ocean's side, He mounts his courser brave!
So swift, light-limbed and fiery an Arab courser ought, for all manner of reasons, to have been trained to saddle and harness.
Many a courser proud The empty chariots through the paths of war Whirl'd rattling, of their charioteers deprived; They breathless press'd the plain, now fitter far To feed the vultures than to cheer their wives.
The same day the French king had given a great black courser to sir John of Hainault, and he made the lord Tierry of Senzeille to ride on him and to bear his banner.
The courser fast, the trumpet's blast, Sigh after us in vain; And even the wind We leave behind With the speed of a special train.
Upon this the waggoner drew down the head of the rearing courser close to his own, and spoke some words in his ear.
And with that it grinned, and made such a rattling with the branches that my courser became mad with affright, and rushed furiously forward with me before I had time to see distinctly what sort of a devil's beast it was.
Then Sir Gringamore gave Sir Gareth a bay courser that was a passing good horse: also he gave him good armour and sure, and a noble sword that some time Sir Gringamore's father won upon an heathen tyrant.
Then went he out of the court as fast as his courser might run, and so through out the castle.
The page I loved the best of all, Now rides upon my courser tall.
He prick'd with his spur his courser tall, Which sprang, at once, over the gate and wall.
Now hear, now hear, thou warrior youth, Thou canst wheel thy courser about; But in every feat of manly strength I could beat thee out and out.
Some would have his polish'd glaive, Others, his harness, or courser brave.
Then I will bless thee, this very day; Thou never shalt perish in any fray; Success shall be in thycourser tall; Success in thyself, which is best of all.
I have got my courser again, And have bound the warrior keen.
I wished that this lofty courser should have a burial worthy of his great, his immortal deservings.
It is that noble courser whose mortal remains now repose in your stomachs!
He had a fine grey courser given him "that could war all the horse of Scotland if the king could sit up well.
Three bounds that noble courser gave; The first has reach'd the central nave, The second clear'd the chancel wide.
Where Druid shades still flitted round; In Hawick twinkled many a light; Behind him soon they set in night; And soon he spurr'd his courser keen Beneath the tower of Hazeldean.
Faustus hath his leg again, and the Horse-courser a bundle of hay for his forty dollars.
Do not you remember a horse-courser you sold a horse to?
It required a rude handling of the reins and of the flat of my sword before I could cause my courser to desist from his infuriated assault upon the other stallion that he held under and kicked and bit unmercifully.
Thereupon, striking the flank of his courser with the flat of his axe, he caused the animal to clear with an enormous leap both the bodies and mounts of the fallen horsemen who lay between us.
My courser so proud, and my neck bone so white I’ll gage that I lure the fair Mettie this night.
Against him I’ll gage my grey courser of power, That she shall this evening repair to my bower.
The youth despising all alarms With spur so keen his courser urges, Seven knights he meets in burnished arms From out the wood as he emerges.
You see me come, impatient of my hopes, And eager as the courser for the race: Is all in readiness?
When Teobaldo ceased to perceive the hoof-beats of his courser and felt himself hurled forth upon the void, he could not repress an involuntary shudder of terror.
It was Sivard Snarenswayne, He made his courser bound Ten ells and more the ramparts o’er, And thus his death he found.
As he said these words, his black courser plunged and reared at a fearful rate; and, as our troopers thought, at one bolt sprung six or seven yards from the ground.
The infernal courser cleared the linn, but the witch's head failing, she toppled off about the middle space.
The knight he sprang on his courser red: “God help us now to this lovely maid.
The Damsel he took in such gallant way, He lifted her up on his courser gray.
The prince spurred his courser and followed, keeping his desired prey in sight unceasingly till sunset; when both himself and his horse being exhausted he gave up the pursuit, and returned towards the city.
