 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 pages
...there a stray picket ' --. ~ Is shot, as he walks to and fro on his beat, '• By a rifleman hid in a thicket : 'Tis nothing ; a private or two now and then •;,,•. Will not count in the tale of the battle : '*» j Not an officer lost — only one of the men, 'f<- Breathing out all alone... | |
 | ALPHONSO A. HOPKINS - 1876 - 376 pages
...a stray picket Is shot as he walks on his beat to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'T is nothing — a private or two, now and then, Will not...— only one of the men Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle." ****** * —'- - - 1 240 WAIFS AND THEIR AUTHORS. All quiet along the Potomac to-day,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to ami fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. Т is etched neck, and staggering knees, And sunk tail,...heave of the flank, As down on her haunches she shu от1 of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. T is 5 ", E j^4 nK 7 Z soldiers lie peacefully dreaming ; Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moont Or the light of... | |
 | Children's songs - 1872 - 170 pages
...f • » 0 • a J * a * \ y V \. or 1 i ! — w~ n BL V Yi \j 1j 1 , 1 "Its noth-ing: a pri - vate or two now and then, Will not count in the news of the bat - tie; A trem - u - lous sigh as the gen - tie night wind Thro' the for - est leaves soft - ly... | |
 | H. L. D. Potter - 1873 - 444 pages
...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 a battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out all alone the death-rattle. All... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 pages
...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 tale of the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men Breathing out all alone the death-rattle.... | |
 | Maria Theresa Longworth, Thérèse Yelverton (Viscountess Avonmore) - History - 1875 - 352 pages
...shot on or off" duty, and this beautiful land was strewed with the corpses of these lonely victims. " 'Tis nothing ! a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of a battle ; Not an officer shot, only one of the men Moaning out all alone the death-rattle." He was... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - Readers - 1875 - 348 pages
...inflection. EXAMPLES. 1. You need not speak so loud'. 2. You are not going to cross the sands now'. 3. 'Tis nothing'; a private or two now and then Will not count in the tale of the battle'. 4. They are not fighting': do not disturb them': this man is not expiring with... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. "T is nothing : a private or two, now and then, Will not...rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming ; Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moon, Or the light of... | |
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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... 
