 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her! The moon seems to shine just as brightly us then. That night when the love, yet unspoken, Leaped up to his lips — when lowluurimirod vows Wore pledged to he ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over... | |
 | 1863 - 804 pages
...gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep. And their mother—" muy Heaven defend her." The moon seems to shine as brightly...yet unspoken, Leaped up to his lips, and when low murmur'd vows Were pledged tobe ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashei... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1861 - 1102 pages
...slack — his face, dark and grim, Grown gentle, with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep— For their mother — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as tbfcn,— That night when the love, yet unspoken. Leaped up to her lips — when... | |
 | Agriculture - 1862 - 500 pages
...slack — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, AH he mutters a prayer for the children asleep— For their mother — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine justas brightly aa then — That night when the love, yet unspoken, Leaped up to her lips — when... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1863 - 410 pages
...with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep— The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then. That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips—when low murmured vows "Were pledged to be never unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night, when the love yet unspoken > Leaped up to his lips, — when low, murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1864 - 418 pages
...back — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to" his lips — when low... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...slack, — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night, when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, — when low,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...slack, — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night, when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, — when low,... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...slack — his face dark and grim, C Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, For their mother — may Heaven defend her! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then That night, when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips — when low... | |
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His musket falls slack ; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep; For their mother — may Heaven defend her! 
