 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 864 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees ; " and then without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the mansions of the eternal... | |
 | Jedediah Hotchkiss, William Allan - Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 - 1867 - 190 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression, as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." And then, without pain, or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the God who gave it. Virginia,... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 894 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees ; " and then without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the mansions of the eternal... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - United States - 1867 - 618 pages
...Then his martial ardor disappeared, a smile diffused itself over his pale features, and he murmured : "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees ! " It was the river of death he was about to pass ; and soon after uttering these words, he expired.... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1868 - 804 pages
...all the details of his wonderful career. There were various reports of his last words. They were nol religious ones. His last utterance in the delirium...and whose character must ever remain an interesting Bubject for the student of mankind. CHABAOTEB OF ; was probably no more ambitious man in the Southern... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1869 - 550 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said, quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." And so, with these beautiful, typical words trembling on his lips, the soul of the great soldier, taxed... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - United States - 1869 - 666 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and ho said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, ' Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees ;' and then without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the God who gave it." HUNTER... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1869 - 558 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said, quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." And so, with these beautiful, typical words trembling on his lips, the soul of the great soldier, taxed... | |
 | 1872 - 848 pages
...action!" A minute afterward, and with a strange light breaking upon his countenance, he said, very gently: "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." And so his spirit passed away, as at the end of a weary march, and in the prospect of repose. Another beautiful... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - Confederate States of America - 1869 - 660 pages
...where their chieftain slept In dreams he welcomes the angel guest, And the land of promise sees ; " Let us cross over the river and rest Under the shade of the trees !" Oh ! sorrowful night to that weary host I For the warriors knew full well That the brightest hope... | |
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