 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...And the sentinel stars set their watch in the 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 wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision 1 saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...the sentinel stars set their watch in the 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, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw., And thrice... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...And the sentinel stars set their watch in the 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 wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain; At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing...By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, [saw, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. Methought... | |
 | James Baldwin - Readers - 1897 - 252 pages
...the sentinel stars set their watch in the 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 wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | John Piersol McCaskey - American literature - 1897 - 592 pages
...And the sentinel stars set their watch in the 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 wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 492 pages
...sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamed it again. Methought from the battlefield's dreadful array, Far, far I had roamed on a desolate... | |
 | James Baldwin - Children's poetry - 1897 - 488 pages
...the sentinel stars set their watch in the 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 wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1897 - 1306 pages
...drift Beyond his love and care. b Saviour, breathe an evening blessing, Ere repose our spirits seal. c At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw. And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. 1 1 State the difference between purity, propriety and precision ; between ridicule and stircasm. 12-15... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 578 pages
...And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep and the wounded to die. When reposing...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. Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array Far, far I had roamed on a desolate track: 'Twas autumn, —... 
