 | Agriculture - 1862 - 500 pages
...clear autumn moon, Or the light of the watch Are gleaming. A tremulous sijih, aa the gentle night winde Through the forest leaves softly is creeping; While...Keep guard — for the army is sleeping. There'« only the sound of the lone sentry's tread, As he tramps from the rock U> the fountain ; And he thinks... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1843 - 260 pages
...tents, in the rays of the clear winter moon Or the light of the watch-fire, gleaming. 4. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night wind Through the forest...glittering eyes, Keep guard — for the army is sleeping. 5. There 'a only the sound of the lone sentry's3 tread, As he tramps from the rock to the fountain... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1863 - 410 pages
...light of the watch-fire, gleaming. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night-wind Through the forest-leaves softly is creeping \ While stars up above, with their glittering eyes, Keep guard—for the army is sleeping. There's only the sound of the lone sentry's tread As he tramps from... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...tents, in the rays of the clear autumn moon. Or the light of the watch-fires are gleaming. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night- wind Through the forest...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 thinks... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...autumn moon, Or the light of the watch-fires are gleaming. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night-wind Through the forest leaves softly is creeping ; While...eyes, Keep guard — for the army is sleeping. There 's only the sourfd of the lone sentry's tread As he tramps from the rock to the fountain, And thinks... | |
 | Frank Moore - History - 1864 - 354 pages
...autumn moon, Or the light of the watch-fires are gleaming. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night-wind Through the forest leaves softly is creeping ; While...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 thinks... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1864 - 418 pages
...light of the watch-fire, gleaming. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night-wind Through the forest-leaves softly is creeping ; While stars up above, with their...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 thinks... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...tents in the rays of the clear Autumn moon, Or the light of clear camp-fires gleaming, A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night wind Through the forest...up above with their glittering eyes, Keep guard for our army is sleeping. There's only the sound of the lone sentry's tread As he tramps from the rock... | |
 | Elizabeth Collins - United States - 1865 - 132 pages
...A tremulous sigh of 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. There's only the sound of the lone sentry's tread, As he tramps from the rock to the fountain, And... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...tents, in the rays of the clear autumn moon, Or the light of the watch-fires, are gleaming. A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night wind Through the forest...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... | |
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Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack, — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for... 
