 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 the men Moaning...  The Magazine of Poetry - Page 3401892Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...ig< tie. All ^uift along the Potomac to-night, Wli«« the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming-, Thdr tents, In the rays of the clear autumn moon Or the...tremulous sigh, as the gentle nightwind Through the foreatrleaves softly is creeping; While the stars up above, with their glittering eyes, Keep guard... | |
 | 1863 - 804 pages
...the battle ; Not an officer lost! enly one of the men Moaning out, all' alone, the death-rattle. " All quiet along the Potomac to-night,". Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming, . And their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moon And tin- light .of their camp-fires are gleaming.... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - 1861 - 1102 pages
...Moaning out, ail alone, the death, rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers He peacefully dreaming ; Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moon, Or the light of the watch-lire are gleaming. A tremulous sigh, ns the gentle night-wind Through the forest leaves softly... | |
 | 1862 - 500 pages
...the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men Moaning out, nil alone, the death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming; Their tents in the raya of the clear autumn moon, Or the light of the watch Are gleaming. A tremulous sijih, aa the gentle... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1863 - 316 pages
...Stonewall regiment in a neighboring grove, till they, too, fade away into the stilly night, and soon — ' The soldiers lie peacefully dreaming, Their tents...watch-fires are gleaming, A tremulous sigh as the gentle night wind Through the forest leaves slowly is creeping, While the stars up above with their glittering... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1863 - 410 pages
...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...rays of the clear autumn moon Or the light of the watch-fire, gleaming. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night-wind Through the forest-leaves softly is... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1843 - 260 pages
...battle ; Not an officer8 lost — only one of the men Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." 3. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers...peacefully dreaming, Their tents, in the rays of the clear winter moon Or the light of the watch-fire, gleaming. 4. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night wind... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1863 - 328 pages
...regiment in a neighboring grove, till they, too, fade away into the stilly night, and soon — • ' The soldiers lie peacefully dreaming, Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moou, Or the light of the watch-fires are gleaming, A tremulous sigh as the gentle night wind Through... | |
 | William Wyndham Malet - 1863 - 332 pages
...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, As their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moon, Or the light of the watch-fires, are gleaming.... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...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...tremulous sigh, as the gentle night-wind Through the forest leaves softly is creeping ; While stars up above, with their glittering eyes, Keep guard —... | |
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