 | Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1848 - 496 pages
...Trill forth harmonious ditty ; Strange things I 'll tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. " 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. 1782.] THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS. 65 " As in amaze, he stood... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1848 - 494 pages
...Trill forth harmonious ditty ; Strange things I '11 tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. " Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. 1782.] THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS. 65 " As in amaze, he stood... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - Children's literature - 1851 - 220 pages
...Trill forth harmonious ditty: Strange things I '11 tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. 'T was early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. As, in amaze, he stood to gaze, — The truth can 't be denied,... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1853 - 726 pages
...and will take the liberty to quote Hopkinson on the subject, who was a witness to the transaction : " Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. "As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Humorous recitations - 1853 - 404 pages
...friend, Thrill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell, which late befel In Philadelphia city. 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. As in a maze, he stood to gaze, (The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 294 pages
...friend, Trill forth harmonious ditty, Stranpe things I'll tell which late bc.M In Philadelphia city. Twns early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw u thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to paze, _ The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll loll, which late bcftU In Philadelphia city. "Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in a maze he stood to gaze, — The truth can't be denial... | |
 | George White - Reference - 1855 - 1006 pages
...friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, (The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | George White - Reference - 1855 - 872 pages
...friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. 'Twas early day. as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, (The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...friend, Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which hite Ьек! In Philadelphia city. Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood 0:1 a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amnze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied,... | |
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Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir.... 
