 | George Croly - 1849 - 395 pages
...And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing...that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring fnggot tl:ut guarded the slain ; At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849
...the hrave ! THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. CAMPBELL. OUR hugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 120 pages
...II. The Soldier's Dream. — CAMPBELL. 1. Our bugles sang truce — for the night cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, — The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. 2. When reposing that night on my pallet... | |
 | Garland - 1850
...share uptears thy bed, THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. Our bugles sung truce ; for the night cloud had lowered And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. At the dead of the night a sweet vision I... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 395 pages
...soldier'* sepulchre. THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. Our bugles sang truce — for the nigbt-cloud had lowered, Aud the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 746 pages
...And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing...that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | N. Leitch - 1851
...Sheridan's Plzarro. The Soldier's Dream. OUR bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lower 'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower 'd — The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851
...rude hut becomes a solemn place." — Dickens. OUR bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 746 pages
...funeral pile. The same THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. Our bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 312 pages
...DREAM. THOMAS CiMPRELL. OU'R bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel-stars set their watch in the sky, And thousands had sunk on the ground, overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw,... | |
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