Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again... Gems of Poetry - Page 181850 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...cypress tree ; We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vinea) Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. 3. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light, at midnight, A stranre... | |
| John Pendleton Kennedy - Albemarle County (Va.) - 1835
...the good green wood, Our tent the cypress tree, -We know the forest round us As seamen know the sea.. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its sale and silent islands Withjn the dark morass. — Bryant. THE faithful Horse Shoe being thus left... | |
| Robert Walsh - Serial publications - 1836 - 536 pages
...the good green wood, Our tent the cypress-tree ; We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy...Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass." • » • • • " Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads— The glitter... | |
| American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...the good green-wood. Our tent the cypress tree ; We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its sale and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery, That little dread us near... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman - American fiction - 1840 - 252 pages
...the good green wood, Our tent the cypress-tree, We know the forest round ui As seamen know the sea ; We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the deep morass." — BRYANT. " I RAYTHER guess," quoth Balt, when the party had all, by different routes,... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman - American fiction - 1840 - 248 pages
...the good greenwood, Our tent the cypress-tree, We know the forest round us As seamen know the sea ; We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, _ Its safe and silent islands Within the deep morass." — BBTANT. " I RAYTHER guess," quoth Balt,... | |
| William McCarty - 1842 - 482 pages
...the good green wood, Our tent the cypress tree; We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight A strange and... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...the good green wood, Our tent the cypress tree ; We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Ita safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us... | |
| John Smith Hanna - United States - 1844 - 378 pages
...the good green wood, Our tent the Cypress tree : We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its sage and silent island*: Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near... | |
| Periodicals - 1845 - 688 pages
...Our tent the cypress-tree; « We know the forest round us As seamen know the sea. We know its wulls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. " Well knows the fair and friendly moon, The band that Marion leads — The glitter of their rifles,... | |
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