 Leaped up to his lips, when low murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken ; Then, drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He...  Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac - Page 156by Daniel G. Crotty - 1874 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir William Howard Russell - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1861 - 1102 pages
...over bis eyes, He (lashes off tears that are welling. And gathers his gun closer np to its place As ff to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree. — The footstep is lugging and weary ; Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of liffW Toward the shade of the forest... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1863 - 410 pages
...his sleeve roughly over his eyes, . He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree, The footstep is lagging and weary; Yet onward he goes, thro' the broad belt of light, Toward... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree — The footstep is lagging and weary ; Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of light,... | |
 | Frank Moore - History - 1864 - 364 pages
...his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree — The footstep is lagging and weary ; Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of light,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree — The footstep is lagging and weary ; Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of light,... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1864 - 418 pages
...his sleeve roughly over hia eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree, The footstep is lagging and weary; Yet onward he goes, thro' the broad belt of light, Toward... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...his sleeves roughly over his eyes He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree, The footstep is lagging and weary ; Yet onward he goes through the broad belt of light Towards... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling....pine tree — The footstep is lagging and weary ; Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of light, Towards the shades of the forest so dreary. Hark!... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 368 pages
...his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree, — The footstep is lagging and weary ; Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of light,... | |
 | Felix Octavius Carr Darley - American poetry - 1866 - 44 pages
...his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling ! He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree — The footstep is lagging and weary ; Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of light,... | |
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