 The Soldier's Dream OUR bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground over-powered The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.  Scotia's Bards ... - Page 2511854 - 563 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
...Jfav __ THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. OUR bugles sung truce; for the night-cloud had low'r'd, And the centinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had...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 twice ere the cock-crow... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...Star ! THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. OUR bugles had sung, for the night-cloud had lower'd, And the centinel stars set their watch in the sky, And thousands had...reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scarring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And twice,... | |
 | France - 1904 - 518 pages
...And the ccniina! stars set them watch in the 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 the dead of the night, a sweet vision I saw, And twice ere the cock... | |
 | English literature - 1805 - 590 pages
...cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed." SHAKSPEARE. OUR bugles sung truce, for the night cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch in...overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. « TV hen, reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring faggot, that guarded the... | |
 | Columbia County (N.Y.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...sky, Ar.d thousands had sunk on the ground ovtrpower'd, The wear/ to deep, and the wounded to uie ! .When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring fr.gjot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, Ar.d twice, ere the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...46 THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. OUR bugles sang true — for the night-cloud had low'r'd, And the centinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpow'r'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. 47 When reposing that night, on my pallet... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...hostilities. THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. OCR bugles sang truce—for the night-cloud had low'r'd, And the centinel stars set their watch in the sky; 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,... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. CAMPBELL. OURlwgles sang true for the night-cloud had low'r'd, And the centinel stars set their watch in the sky ; 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,... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...will not long delay: Bethink thee, lovely Mary, O. THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. And the centinel stars set the watch in the sky, And thousands had sunk on the ground, overpower'd; Orm bugles sung truce, for the night cloud had lower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...»„, ,.»,..»™.,^ ^ 3.— The Soldier's Dream. Ounbugles sang truce — for thenight-cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands hadnunk on the ground overpower'd, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night... | |
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