 Tell my brothers and companions, when they meet and crowd around To hear my mournful story in the pleasant vineyard ground, That we fought the battle bravely, and when the day was done Full many a corse lay ghastly pale beneath the setting sun. "And 'mid...  Switzerland, Picturesque and Descriptive - Page 310by Joel Cook - 1904 - 519 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1845 - 788 pages
...beneath the setting sun. And 'midst the dead and dying, were some grown old in wars, — The death. wound on their gallant breasts, the last of many scars :...her other sons shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage : For my father was a soldier, and even as a child... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 460 pages
...dying, were some grown old in wars — The death wound on their gallant breasts, the last of many scan ; But some were young, and suddenly beheld life's morn...Bingen on the Rhine. " Tell my mother, that her other son ; shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage, For my... | |
 | Folklore - 1847 - 300 pages
...Full many a corse lay ghastly pale, beneath the setting sun. And midst the dead and dying, were some grown old in wars, The death-wound on their gallant...her other sons shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage : Por my father was a soldier, and even as a child... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - English poetry - 1848 - 520 pages
...Full many a corse lay ghastly pale, beneath the setting sun. And 'midst the dead and dying, were some grown old in wars, The death-wound on their gallant...her other sons shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage : For my father was a soldier, and even as a child... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1851 - 88 pages
...Full many a corse lay ghastly pale, beneath the setting sun ; And 'midst the dead and dying were some grown old in wars— The death-wound on their gallant...decline, And one had come from Bingen, fair Bingen ou the Rhine. Toll my sister not to weep for me, and sob with drooping bead, "When the troops are marching... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...Full many a corse lay ghastly pale, beneath the setting sun ; And midst the dead and dying were some grown old in wars, The death-wound on their gallant...mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age, For I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage ; For my father was a soldier, and, even... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...Full many a corse lay ghastly pale, beneath the setting sun ; And midst the dead and dying were some grown old in wars, The death-wound on their gallant...mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age, For I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage ; For my lather was a soldier, and, even... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...Full many a corse lay ghastly pale, beneath the setting sun ; And midst the dead and dying were some grown old in wars, The death-wound on their gallant...But some were young, and suddenly beheld Life's morn deeline, — And one had come from Bingen — fair Bingen on the Rhine ! " Tell my mother that her... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1852 - 584 pages
...And 'midst the dead and dying, Were some grown old in wars, The death-wound on their gallant breast, The last of many scars ; But some were young, and...life's morn decline. And one had come from Bingen, From Bingen on the Rhine. " Tell my mother that her other sons Shall comfort her old age ; And I was... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...Full many a corse lay ghastly pale, beneath the setting sun ; And midst the dead and dying were some grown old in wars, The death-wound on their gallant...mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age, For I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage ; For my father was a soldier, and, even... | |
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