 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...  Hero Tales from American History - Page 36by Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt - 1895 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 416 pages
...tried — Our leader frank and bold — The foeman trembles in his camp When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good greenwood, Our tent the cypress...Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the heedless soldiery, Who little think us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 432 pages
...tried— Our leader frank and bold — The foeman trembles in his camp When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good greenwood, Our tent the cypress...Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the heedless soldiery, Who little think us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 412 pages
...tried— Our leader frank and bold — The foeman trembles in his camp When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good greenwood, Our tent the cypress...Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the heedless soldiery, Who little think us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 pages
...trembles When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress-tree ; We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea....Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near 1 On them shall light at midnight A strange and... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...trembles When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is 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 safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near... | |
 | National songs - 1857 - 172 pages
...bold ; The British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress tree ; We know the forest round...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...trembles when Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood, our tent the cypress-tree ; We know the forest round us as seamen know the sea....Its safe and silent islands within the dark morass. Woo to the English soldiery that little dread us near ! On them shall light, at midnight, a strange... | |
 | Howard Paul - American ballads and songs - 1857 - 144 pages
...trembles When MARION'S name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress tree ; AVe know the forest round us As seamen know the sea. We...Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and... | |
 | 1858 - 882 pages
...told. Our fortress is the good greenwood, Our tent tho cypress-tree ; We know the forest round ue, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny...Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery, That little dread us near! Oil them shall light at midnight A strange... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 698 pages
...told. Our fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress tree ; We know the forest round us, Aa seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines,...Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. 280 BRITISH ADVANCE ON NOETH CAEOLINA. [CHAP. HL " Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us... | |
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