THE LINESMAN;

OR,

SERVICE IN THE GUARDS AND THE LINE

DURING

ENGLAND'S LONG PEACE AND LITTLE WARS.

BY E.D. HIE.

COLONEL ELERS NAPIER,

'REMARKS ON THE TROAD," SCENES AND SPORTS IN FOREIGN LANDS,
66
REMINISCENCES OF SYRIA," THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN,"

AUTHOR OF

"The world, thou know'st, affects, with giddy joy,
The flatt'ring bard, whom lighter themes employ,
And truth's stern page, when playful fancy aids,
The wayward heart allures, subdues, persuades.
So to her sick'ning babe the mother's care
Spreads, with sagacious hand, the honied snare
Round the full cup, with healing juices fraught;
Th' unconscious infant sucks the bitter draught
With greedy lips, and cheated of his pain,

Drinks health and life, and blooms and smiles again."

From Hunt's Translation of Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata."

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

GEORGE W. HYDE, PUBLISHER, 13 PATERNOSTER ROW.

1856.