 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...fire They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And thej' who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown ithe soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine top grieves,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. i : . : .• -.fc •3. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind And slumber long and sweetly,... | |
 | 1834 - 324 pages
...and from toil : We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laagh and shout As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; SONG OF MARION'S MEN. 123 And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind,...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
 | 1836 - 268 pages
...mighty host behind, Ai nl hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. . •' Then sweet the hoof that brings release From danger and from toil : We...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...their arms in vain. And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; SONG OF MARION'S MEN. 123 And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind,...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 286 pages
...And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, '- / And hear the tramp of thousands • C pon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
 | John Smith Hanna - 1844 - 378 pages
...midnight,. A strange and sadden fear. When waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in rain; And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again....shout, As if a hunt were up ; And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldiers cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
 | 1844 - 328 pages
...thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil ; We walk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cnp. With merry songs we mock the wind, That in the pine top grieves,... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near...shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
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A strange and sudden fear ; When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow... 
