 | Frank Moore - History - 1864 - 354 pages
...his rear-man had seen him fall, Killed or wounded he could not tell. There they stood in the failing light, These men of battle, with grave, dark looks,...to be read as open books; While slowly gathered the shade of night. The fern on the hill-sides were splashed with blood, And down in the corn, where the... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...Cyrus Drew ! " — then a silence fell, — This time no answer followed the call ; Only his rear-man had seen him fall, Killed or wounded he could not tell. There they stood in the failing light, These men of battle, with grave, dark looks, As plain to be read as open books ; While... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...Cyrus Drew !" — then a silence fell,— This time no answer followed the call : Only his rear-man had seen him fall, Killed or wounded he could not tell. There they stood in the failing light, These men of battle, with grave, dark looks, As plain to be read as open books ; While... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...Cyrus Drew ! " — then a silence fell, — This time no answer followed the call ; Only his rear-man had seen him fall, Killed or wounded, he could not tell. There they stood in the failing light, These men of battle, with grave, dark looks, As plain to be read as open books, While... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...soldier, who stood near; And " Here ! " was the word the next replied. " Cyrus Drew ! " — then a silence fell — This time no answer followed the call ; Only his rear man had seen him fell, Killed or wounded, he could not tell. There they stood, in the falling light. These men of battle,... | |
 | Frank Moore - History - 1867 - 620 pages
...soldier, who stood near ; And " Here ! " was the word the next replied. " Cyrus Drew ! " — then a silence fell — This time no answer followed the...men of battle, with grave, dark looks, As plain to he read as open books, While slowly gathered the shades of night. The fern on the hill-sides was splashed... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1867 - 758 pages
...his rear-man saw him fall, Killed or wounded, he could not tell. 2. There they stood in the failing light, These men of battle, with grave, dark looks, As plain to be road as open books, While slowly gathered the +shades of night The fern on the slope was splashed with... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
..."Cyrus DrewI" — then a silence fell, — This time no answer followed the call ; Only his rear-man had seen him fall, Killed or wounded, he could not tell. There they stood in the failing light, These men of battle, with grave, dark looks, As plain to be read as open books, While~slowly... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1872 - 322 pages
...the next replied 2. " Cyrus Drew !" — then a silence fell — 3. There they stood in the failing0 light, These men of battle, with grave, dark looks, As plain to be read as open books, While slowly gathered"1 the shades of night. 4. The fern on the hill-sides was splashed6 with blood, And down in.... | |
 | 1893 - 670 pages
...soldier who stood near ; And " Here ! " was the word the next replied. " Silas Drew ! " — then a silence fell ; This time no answer followed the call....wounded he could not tell. There they stood in the fading light, Those men of battle with grave, dark looks, As plain to be read as open books, While... | |
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There they stood in the failing light, These men of battle, with grave, dark looks, As plain to be read as open books, While slowly gathered the shades of night. The fern on the... 
