 | N. Leitch - 1851 - 234 pages
...Plzarro. The Soldier's Dream. OUR bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lower 'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower 'd — The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 pages
...DREAM. THOMAS CiMPRELL. OU'R bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel-stars set their watch in the sky, And thousands had sunk on the ground, overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing...that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...DREAM. — Thnmaf Campbell. OUR bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...!" The Soldier's Dream, Our bugles sang truce, — for the night-cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, — The weary to sleep , and the wounded to die, When reposing that night on my pallet... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...DREAM. — Thomat Campbell. OUR bugles sang trace, for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...tears.' THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. Our bugles sang truce— for the night-cloud had lower' d, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...CAMPBELL. THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. OUR bugles sang truce— for the night-cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 508 pages
...fate. THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. OUR bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 pages
...fate. THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. OUR bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
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By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw. And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array... 
