 THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.  Hero Tales from American History - Page 164by Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt - 1895 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hamilton Wilcox Pierson - Ku Klux Klan (19th century) - 1870 - 40 pages
...Andersonville, Georgia." On the left (west) of the gate is a similar post and tablet, bearing this inscription : "On Fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents...are spread,. And Glory guards, with solemn round. This bivouac of the dead.1' A young lady, designated for the purpose, left the procession and hung... | |
 | S. S. Colt - New York (State) - 1871 - 368 pages
...several whose lives were given to preserve their country's liberty in the late war of the Rebellion. " The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo, No more on life's parade shall meet The brave and gallant few ; On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory... | |
 | Colt S. S. - History - 1871 - 332 pages
...were given to preserve their country's liberty in the late war of the Rebellion. " The muffled drug's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo, No more on life's parade shall meet The brave and gallant few ; On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents*are spread, And glory... | |
 | George Washington Ranck - History - 1872 - 454 pages
...pen that unequaled martial requiem, the "Bivouac of the Dead," commencing with that sublime stanza : "The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's...No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and daring few. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn... | |
 | Charles Abner Phelps - 1872 - 404 pages
...in those minutes thousands of heroic men had taken their last, long march to the realms of death. " On Fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents...guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead." Gen. Grant, who had been under fire all day, was now recognized on the hill; and the men greeted him... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers (Secondary) - 1872 - 490 pages
...SOLDIER'S DIRGE. COL. O'HARA. 1. rFHE muffled drum's sad roll has beat JL The soldier's last tattoo1 ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and...On Fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents arc spread ; And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac2 of the dead. 2. No rumor of the foe's... | |
 | William Cothren - Bethlehem (Conn. : Town) - 1872 - 821 pages
...warm with hope and courage yet Upon the soil they fought to save; On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent, tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead." 1/MILINGLY arose the sun of 1860 over the ever increasing borders of this fair land. For two hundred... | |
 | Minnesota - 1872 - 588 pages
...FLOWER, Secretary of Board. APPENDIX. l ', l SGi V [*<* ROLL OF HONOR. " On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead." Minnesota Soldiers interred in Mississippi River National Cemetery, near Memphis, Tenn. NamcB. Rank.... | |
 | Malcolm McGregor Dana - Norwich (Conn. : Town) - 1873 - 438 pages
...tattoo. No more on life's parade shall meet The brave and daring few. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead." This was the altered and redeemed Andersonville. Prison days were ended, the rude cheap sepulture of... | |
 | Claudius Henry Mastin - 1874 - 88 pages
...that the dead of the Revolution of 1861 are sanctified in our memories, Now the war is ended, and ' The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's...are spread ; And glory guards, with solemn round, That bivouac of the dead." As Medical men, our duties do not lead us in the path of political struggle... | |
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