 | 1872 - 900 pagini
...thicket. T is nothing : a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle ; ' P LA+ death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming ; Their... | |
 | 1872 - 170 pagini
...J -J — r. n 1Is shot as he walks to and fro on his beat, By a ri - fie-man off in the thick - et. Their tents in the rays of the clear Au-tumn moon, Or the Hpht of the watch-fires are gleam-ing; Aiid thinks of the two in the low trim -die bed, Far a - way... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pagini
...the battle ; Not an officer lost, — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." H c H S g g gcc gentío night-wind Through the forest leaves softly is creeping ; While stars up above, with their... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 pagini
...then Will not count in the tale of the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men Breathing out all alone the death-rattle. All quiet along the...soldiers lie peacefully dreaming, Their tents in the ray of the clear autumn moon, And the light of the watchfires gleaming. A tremulous sigh from the gentle... | |
 | Daniel G. Crotty - 1874 - 208 pagini
...thicket. 'Tis nothing : a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, . Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldier lies peacefully dreaming ; Their... | |
 | Daniel G. Crotty - 1874 - 220 pagini
...the thicket. 'Tis nothing : a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldier lies peacefully dreaming ; Their... | |
 | Daniel G. Crotty - 1874 - 220 pagini
...thicket. 'Tis nothing : a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldier lies peacefully dreaming ; Their... | |
 | 1876 - 734 pagini
...—I thank you, fellow-citizens, for your considerable attention. THE PICKET GUARD.— Mrs. ITowland. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers...watchfires are gleaming. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night-wind Through the forest-leaves softly is creeping ; While stars up above, with tlieii1 glittering... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1876 - 694 pagini
...regiment in a neighboring grove, till they too fade away into the stilly night, and soon — ' Tbc soldiers lie peacefully dreaming, Their tents in the...rays of the clear autumn moon, Or the light of the watch-firea are gleaming ; A tremulous sigh as the gentle night wind Through the forest leaves slowly... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pagini
...thicket. "T is nothing : a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle; Not an officer lost, — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming ; Their... | |
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' they say, " Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. "Tis nothing : a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost, only one of... 
