 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...sky i And thousands had sunk on the ground overpow'r'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slaini At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again.... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring faggotthat guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw; And twice ere the cock-crow... | |
 | Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 720 pages
...overpowered— The weary to deep, and the wounded to die : When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, Fiy the wolf.scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At...vision I saw, And thrice, ere the morning, I dreamt it ngain. Methoughtfrom the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, far I bad roam'd on a desolate track ;... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...sky, And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die ; When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, In the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And twice ere the cock crew I dreamt it again. Methought... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...sky, And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die; When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, In the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And twice ere the cock crew I dreamt it again. Till... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the shun; At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again.... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By...Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, for I had roamed on a desolate track ; 'Twas autumn — and sunshine arose on the way To the home of... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground ovcrpower'd, ¡ The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By...the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At Ihe dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. Melhought... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 248 pages
...sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By...the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, far I had roamed on a desolate track ; 'Twas autumn — and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 250 pages
...sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By...the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, far I had roamed on a desolate track; 'Twas autumn—and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers,... | |
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By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw; And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. 
