 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 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,... | |
 | American literature - 1834 - 320 pages
...better than any other purpose to which I had seen it applied. The automata really got along wonThen sweet the hour that brings release , From danger and...battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laugh and shoot As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry... | |
 | American literature - 1834 - 324 pages
...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,...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
...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 : . : .• -.fc •3. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk... | |
 | 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,...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,... | |
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And 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 From danger and from toil : We talk the battle over, And share the battle's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 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,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - Literary Criticism - 1840 - 972 pages
...disappointment at the broken and lost trail of the fugitives. CHAPTER V. A NIGHT IN THE WHOOPING HOLLOW. " Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger...talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil." Song of Marion's Men, " A gentle arm entwines her form, a voice is in her ear, WTu'ch even in death's... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - American fiction - 1840 - 272 pages
...the fugitives. CHAPTER XII. A NIGHT IN THE WHOOPING HOLLOW. " Then sweet the hour that brings releaae From danger and from toil, We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil." Song of Marion's Men. " A gentle arm entwines her form, a voice is in her ear, Which even in death's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 286 pages
...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 • C pon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk... | |
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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 ; And they who... 
