| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...tide comes, we shall be buried in one common destruction. LXV. — SONG OF MARION'S MBN.* William C. Bryant. OUR band is few, but true and tried, Our leader...glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light,... | |
| Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...warriovtf of South Carolina, form an interesting portion of the annals of th« American Revolution.] 1» Our band is few, but true and tried, Our leader, frank...As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vinea) Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. 3. Wo to the... | |
| 1834 - 324 pages
...bold ; The British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good green-wood, Our tent the cypress tree ; We know the forest round...glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery, That little dread us near ! On them shall light,... | |
| John Pendleton Kennedy - 1835
...facility which distinguishes his race, — the most uncaring and happiest of mortals. CHAPTER XVI. Oar fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress...walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its sale and silent islands Withjn the dark morass. — Bryant. THE faithful Horse Shoe being thus left... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pages
...trembles When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress-tree ; We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea....glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light... | |
| 1838 - 332 pages
...bold ; The British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told . Our fortress is the good green-wood. Our tent the cypress tree ; We know the forest round...walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its sale and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery, That little dread us near... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...trembles When Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress-tree ; We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea....glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1840 - 248 pages
...scene. CHAPTER V. EVENING VISITERS. " Our fortress is the good greenwood, Our tent the cypress-tree, We know the forest round us As seamen know the sea...walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, _ Its safe and silent islands Within the deep morass." — BBTANT. " I RAYTHER guess," quoth Balt,... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1840 - 252 pages
...VIS1TERS. " Our fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress-tree, We know the forest round ui As seamen know the sea ; We know its walls of thorny...glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the deep morass." — BRYANT. " I RAYTHER guess," quoth Balt, when the party had all, by different... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1840 - 972 pages
...through the door, and was himself the last to retire from the scene. CHAPTER V. EVENING VISITORS. " Our fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the...cypress tree, We know the forest round us As seamen do the sea ; We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands... | |
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