 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
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 pages
...the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men Breathing out all alone the death-rattle. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where 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... | |
 | 1876 - 734 pages
...—I thank you, fellow-citizens, for your considerable attention. THE PICKET GUARD.— Mrs. ITowland. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers...forest-leaves softly is creeping ; While stars up above, with tlieii1 glittering eyes, Keep guard — for the army is sleeping. There's only the sound of the lone... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 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, —... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1876 - 694 pages
...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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 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...glittering eyes, Keep guard — for the army is sleeping. There 's only the sound of the lone sentry's tread, As he tramps from the rock to the fountain, And... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 pages
...alone, the death-rattle." • All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacef ully dreaming ; Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn...glittering eyes, Keep guard — for the army is sleeping. There 's only the sound of the lone sentry's tread, As he tramps from the rock to the fountain, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 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, —... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 498 pages
...ttremulous sigh from the gentle night-wind Through the forest leaves slowly is creeping, While the stars up above, with their glittering eyes, Keep guard; for the army is sleeping. 5. There is only the sound of the lone sentry's tread, As he tramps from the rook to the fountain,... | |
 | H. L. D. Potter - 1871 - 440 pages
...a battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out all alone the death-rattle. AH quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers...Through the forest-leaves softly is creeping, While the stars up above, with their glittering eyes, Keep guard, for the army is sleeping. There's only... | |
 | J C Hutchieson - 1878 - 634 pages
...the battle : Not an officer lost — only one of the men Breathing out all alone the death-rattle. All quiet along the Potomac to-night Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming ! Their tents in the ray of the clear autnmn mqqn, And the light of the watchfires gleaming. A tremulous sigh from the gentle... | |
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