The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865P. F. Collier, 1889 - 560 pages |
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... rest for a few hours ; but pearance , and was beautified by being covered there was no rest after the excitement of the with snow , while the surrounding landscape was day and night , and at one o'clock on the night of dark . It looked ...
... rest for a few hours ; but pearance , and was beautified by being covered there was no rest after the excitement of the with snow , while the surrounding landscape was day and night , and at one o'clock on the night of dark . It looked ...
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... rest , while marching down to in praise when I think of our escape from this Watauga , but did not feel it much during the ex - storm among the mountains , and shudder at the citement of the homeward march . I slept on my horse during ...
... rest , while marching down to in praise when I think of our escape from this Watauga , but did not feel it much during the ex - storm among the mountains , and shudder at the citement of the homeward march . I slept on my horse during ...
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... rest , and the old walnut - trees near Richmond , covered with mistletoe until they looked like pine - trees , had a charm of still life in them that was very soothing , lulling the mind into dreams of the Druids and of that olden time ...
... rest , and the old walnut - trees near Richmond , covered with mistletoe until they looked like pine - trees , had a charm of still life in them that was very soothing , lulling the mind into dreams of the Druids and of that olden time ...
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... rest of the smacks were soon sev- eral miles ahead , and still the contrary wind was blowing , and the lazy boat dragging slowly along . So passed the greater part of the day , and at five o'clock in the afternoon the fleet was yet ...
... rest of the smacks were soon sev- eral miles ahead , and still the contrary wind was blowing , and the lazy boat dragging slowly along . So passed the greater part of the day , and at five o'clock in the afternoon the fleet was yet ...
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... rest by Boniface Is quickly broken up . Quoth he , " They fear Virginia's horse ? Well may they , stranger , when These mountain riders number now Full twenty thousan 1 men ! " " Good ' eavens ! no ? - but do they thoughi ' Our startled ...
... rest by Boniface Is quickly broken up . Quoth he , " They fear Virginia's horse ? Well may they , stranger , when These mountain riders number now Full twenty thousan 1 men ! " " Good ' eavens ! no ? - but do they thoughi ' Our startled ...
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Page 399 - Up from the south, at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay. The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble and rumble and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 82 - All quiet along the Potomac," they 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.
Page 437 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 399 - Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to be where the battle-field calls; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye...
Page 438 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 399 - But there Is a road from Winchester town, A good, broad highway leading down; And there, through the flush of the morning light, A steed as black as the steeds of night Was seen to pass, as with eagle flight...
Page 399 - Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners...
Page 453 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south.
Page 460 - She has gone,— she has left us in passion and pride, — Our stormy-browed sister, so long at our side! She has torn her own star from our firmament's glow, And turned on her brother the face of a foe!
Page 321 - Never mind, General, all this has been MY fault — it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can.