 Woe to the English soldiery 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...  The Life of Thomas Jefferson - Page 280by Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1832 - 698 pages
...erratic movements of this brilliant American patriot were regulated by the commands of a quaker. " Well knows the fair and friendly moon, The band that Marion leads ; The glittering of their rifles — The scampering of their steeds." Mr. Hughes does great justice to Genera... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...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 ; And thej' who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow... | |
 | American literature - 1834 - 324 pages
...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...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 - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...midnight, A stranre 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 terrour, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. i : . : .•... | |
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...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...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 - American poetry - 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...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 ; SONG or MARION'S MEN. 123 And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...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 ; SONG OF MARION'S MEN. 123 And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 482 pages
...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;...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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