 When speaks the signal trumpet tone, And the long line comes gleaming on. Ere yet the life-blood warm and wet, Has dimmed the glistening bayonet, Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance,...  The Croakers - Page 60by Joseph Rodman Drake, Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1860 - 191 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...dimm'd the glistening bayonet — Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn, To where thy meteor glories burn, And as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance 1 And when the cannon's mouthings loud, Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise... | |
 | Charles P. Bronson - 1845 - 438 pages
...d mm'd the glistening bayonet. Each soldier eye— shall brightly lurn To wher'1 Ihy meteor glories burn ; And, as his springing steps advance. Catch war. and vengeance— from the glaoc*. And when the cannon-moutbings loud. Heave, in wild wreaths, the battle-shroud. And gory sabres... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 pages
...trumpet-tone, And the long line comes gleaming on, (Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet, Has dimmed the glist'ning bayonet,) Each soldier's eye shall...Catch war and vengeance from the glance And, when the cannon-mouihings loud Heave, in wild wreaths, the battle shroud, And glory, — sabres rise and fall,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...vengeance from tho glance. And when the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild wreathes the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise and fall Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall ; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 374 pages
...dimmed the glistening bayonet, — Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn ; And as his springing steps advance, Catch war...Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud, And gory sabers rise and fall Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 372 pages
...dimmed the glistening bayonet, — Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn ; And as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance. And whan the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud, And gory sabers rise and fall... | |
 | Stephen Watkins Clark - 1851 - 204 pages
...comes gleaming on (Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet, Has dimmed the glist'ning bayonet), 6. M*. Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn To where thy...wild wreaths, the battle-shroud, And gory sabres rise ind fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall ! 7. A. There shall thy victor-glances glow, 8. A.... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...dimmed the glistening bayonet,) Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn To where thy meteor glories burn, And as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance ! And when the cannon's mouthings loud Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud, And gory sabers rise and fall, Like... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...dimmed the glistening bayonet, — Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn ; And, as his springing steps advance, Catch...the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise and fell Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall, Then shall thy... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...dimmed the glistening bayonet, — Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn ; And, as his springing steps advance, Catch...the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise and fall Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall, Then shall thy... | |
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