 Still charging on the guns which swept The slippery streets of Monterey. The foe himself recoiled aghast, When, striking where he strongest lay, We swooped his flanking batteries past, And, braving full their murderous blast, Stormed home the towers of...  Southern Literary Messenger - Page 4671858Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Give half his years if but he could Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot It hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a...When wounded comrades round them wailed Their dying shouts at Monterey. And on, still on our column kept. Through walls of flame, its withering way; Where... | |
 | Henry Montgomery - 1847 - 398 pages
...Give half his head if he but could Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot it hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a...column kept Through walls of flame its withering way { STOBMINO OF MONTEREY. 233 Where fell the dead, the living slept Still charging on the guns which... | |
 | Henry Montgomery - 1850 - 522 pages
...he but could Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot it hailed In deadly drills of fiery spray, Yet not a single soldier quailed When...round them wailed Their dying shout at Monterey. And on—still on our column kept Through walls of flame its withering way; Where fell the dead, the living... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1850 - 246 pages
...Give half his years if he then could Have heen with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot, it hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a...soldier quailed When wounded comrades round them wailed And on — still on oar column kept Through walls of flame its withering way ; Where fell the dead,... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...Give half his years, if he but could Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot it hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a...dead, the living stept, Still charging on the guns that swept The slippery streets of Monterey. The foe himself recoiled aghast, When, striking where... | |
 | 1856 - 518 pages
...Give half his years if he but could Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot, it hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a...dead, the living stept, Still charging on the guns that swept The slippery streets of Monterey. The foe himself recoiled aghast, When, striking where... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 pages
...Give half his years if he but could Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot, it hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a...dead, the living stept, Still charging on the guns that swept The slippery streets of Monterey. The foe himself recoiled aghast, When, striking where... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 pages
...Give half his years if he but could Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot, it hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a...its withering way ; Where fell the dead, the living stcpt, The foe himself recoiled aghast, When, striking where he strongest lay, We swooped his flanking... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 pages
...deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a single soldier quail'd When wounded comrades round them wail'd Their dying shout at Monterey. And on, still on, our...kept Through walls of flame its withering way, Where fed the dead, the living slept ; Still charging on the guns which swept The slippery streets of Monterey.... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 396 pages
...Give half his years if he but could Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot it hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Yet not a...Their dying shout at Monterey. And on — still on onr column kept Through walls of flame its withering way ; Where fell the dead, the living stepped,... | |
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