 We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea; We know its walls of thorny vines. Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight...  Southwestern Journal of Education1890Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...That little dread us near ! On them shall light, at midnight, A strange and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain,...who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And thej' who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow... | |
 | 1834 - 324 pages
...That little dread us near ! On them shall light, at midnight, A strange and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain,...hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. VOL. i. & Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk the battle over,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...That little dread us near ! On them shall light, at midnight, A stranre and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain,...face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terrour, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. i : . : .•... | |
 | 1836 - 268 pages
...That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight, A strange and sudden fear: When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain,...they who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, Ai nl hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. . •' Then sweet the hoof that brings release... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pages
...That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain,...they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; SONG or MARION'S MEN. 123 And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp... | |
 | 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,...hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk the battle over, And share... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...That little dread us near ! On them shall light, at midnight, 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 ; i And they who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain....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, And hear the tramp... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pages
...That little dread us near ! / On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain,...hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk the battle over, And share... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear: When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain,...hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk the battle over, And share... | |
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