Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil; We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laugh and shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With... Harper's First [-sixth] Reader - Page 138edited by - 1888Full view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown ithe soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine top grieves, And slumber long... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. i : . : .• -.fc •3. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind And slumber long and sweetly, On beds of oaken leaves. 4, Well knows the fair and friendly moon The... | |
| American literature - 1834 - 320 pages
...better than any other purpose to which I had seen it applied. The automata really got along wonThen sweet the hour that brings release , From danger and...battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laugh and shoot As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry... | |
| American literature - 1834 - 324 pages
...terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. VOL. i. & Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...share the battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laagh and shout As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup.... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 286 pages
...who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...slumber long and sweetly, On beds of oaken leaves. Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads — The glitter of their rifles, The... | |
| American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...mighty host behind, Ai nl hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. . •' Then sweet the hoof that brings release From danger and from toil : We...the pine-top grieves, And slumber long and sweetly, Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Mariou leads — The glitter of their rifles, The... | |
| American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gather'd To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...slumber long and sweetly, On beds of oaken leaves. Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads — The glitter of their rifles, The... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman - Literary Criticism - 1840 - 972 pages
...disappointment at the broken and lost trail of the fugitives. CHAPTER V. A NIGHT IN THE WHOOPING HOLLOW. " Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil." Song of Marion's Men, " A gentle arm entwines her form, a voice is in her ear, WTu'ch even in death's... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman - American fiction - 1840 - 272 pages
...the fugitives. CHAPTER XII. A NIGHT IN THE WHOOPING HOLLOW. " Then sweet the hour that brings releaae From danger and from toil, We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil." Song of Marion's Men. " A gentle arm entwines her form, a voice is in her ear, Which even in death's... | |
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