 | 1902 - 642 pages
...the American heritage. Of such a kind is Bret Harte's ' ReVeilleY with its stirring opening : — ' Hark ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed...hum : Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum, — Saying, " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick... | |
 | 1863 - 640 pages
...recited the following slaoal written, and not before published, by FB Hart of San Francisco : — HARE 1 I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Bound the quick alarming drum — Saying " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said... | |
 | 1914 - 668 pages
...230).— The poem, inquired for by RM is ' The Reveille,' by F. Bret Harte. It begins : — Hark 1 I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Hound the quick alarming drum, — Saying, ll Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1863 - 410 pages
...sword, till strife is o'er! THE EEVEILLE. THE MARCH OF THE 1ST REGIMENT FOR WASHINGTON, APRIL 17TH, '61. Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum— Lo! a nation's hosts have gather'd 'Bound the quick alarming drum, Saying, "Come, Freemen, come, Ere your heritage be wasted!"... | |
 | 1863 - 640 pages
...the following statute written, and not before published, by FB Hart of San Francisco : — HARK II hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo 1 a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum — Saying " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1864 - 418 pages
...till strife is o'er ! THE REVEILLB. THE MARCH OF THE 1ST REGIMENT TOR WASHINGTON, APRIL 17TH, '61. HARK! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum — Lo! a nation's hosts have gathcr'd 'Hound the quick alarming drum, Saying, " Come, Freemen, come, Ere your heritage be wasted!"... | |
 | Charles Wheeler Denison - 1865 - 336 pages
...military history. Our troops had gone forward to the fight with an ardor that was truly irrepressible. " Hark ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed...hum: Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum. ^ Saying, ' Come, Freemen, come, Ere your heritage he wasted!' Said the quick... | |
 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 pages
...cloven with steel, The blue arch will brighten, the waters will'heal! THE REVEILLE.—FRANK BRET HARTB. HARK ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed...hum; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum— Saying " Come, Freemen, come! " Let me of my heart take counsel; War is not... | |
 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 pages
...steel, The blue arch will brighten, the waters will heal I THE REVEILLE.— FRANK BRET HARTB. HARK II hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum — Saying " Come, Freemen, come I " Let me of my heart take counsel ; War is not... | |
 | Stephen Powers - 1871 - 364 pages
...the Sabbath quiet of the strict old Puritan town was profaned by the clangor of mustering regiments. Hark ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed...hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drumSaying, ' Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted/ said the quick alarming... | |
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HARK ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum, — Saying, " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. " Let me of my heart take... 
