 Potomac," they say. 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...  Waifs and thier Authors. - Page 223by ALPHONSO A. HOPKINS - 1876Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 804 pages
...• " All quiet along the Potomac to-night," Except here and there a stray picket Is shot as he walkt 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... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1861 - 1102 pages
...•' Except, now and then, a stray picket IB shot, as he walks on bin beat to aud fro, By a riHemau hid in the thicket. T is nothing — a private or two. now and then, Will not count in the uerfu of the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men Moaning out, ail alone, the death,... | |
 | William Wyndham Malet - History - 1863 - 332 pages
...— ED." " ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TO-NIGHT." " All quiet along the Potomac," they say, " Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on...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... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1863 - 410 pages
...AT DAM NO. 5, UPPER POTOMAC. DECEMBER 8TH, '61. " ALL quiet along the Potomac," they say, "Except, now and then, a stray picket Is shot as he walks on...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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1843 - 260 pages
...THE PICKET GUARD. 1. " ALL quiet along the Potomac," they say; " Except now and then a stray picket1 Is shot as he walks on his beat to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 2. 'Tis nothing — a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1864 - 418 pages
...DAM NO. 5, UPPER POTOMAC., • DECEMBER 8TH, '61. " ALL quiet along the Potomac," thev say, " Except, now and then, a stray picket Is shot as he walks on...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... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...THE PICKET-GUARD. " ALL quiet along the Potomac," they say, " Except now and then a stray picket 5Tis nothing — a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle j Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle." All quiet... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...and then a. stray picket Shot on his beat as he walks two and fro, By a rifleman in the thicket. JTis nothing — a private or two now and then Will not...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Collins - United States - 1865 - 132 pages
...POTOMAC TO-NIGHT." " All quiet along the Potomac," they say, ' ' Except now and then a stray picket la 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... | |
 | Marion Harland - Enslaved persons - 1866 - 446 pages
...eventful night. " ' All quiet along the Potomac to-night ! ' Except here and there a stray picket IB 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... | |
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