 Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing: a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle; Not an officer lost, — only one of the men, Moaning...  The Wisconsin Farmer - Page 1931862Full view - About this book
 | George Byron Catlin - Detroit (Mich.) - 1923 - 792 pages
...picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. Tis nothing—a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle; Not an officer lost—only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." So, when the roundsman who went... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1924 - 714 pages
...stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'T is nothing — a private or two, now and then. Will not...officer lost — only one of the men. Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night. Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - American poetry - 1925 - 448 pages
...a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing — a private or two now and then Will not...officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - American literature - 1926 - 1160 pages
...a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'T is ° Of sky and stars to prisoned men ; Thy grasp is...welcome as the hand Of brother in a foreign land ; Thy all alone, the death rattle.' All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Leroy E. Armstrong - 1916 - 408 pages
...a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing — a private or two now and then Will not...officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Recitations - 1913 - 624 pages
...a stray picket Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing — a private or two, now and then, Will not...officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1882 - 542 pages
...stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. "I' is nothing — a private or two, now and then, Will not...officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle. " ' All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Charles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry - History - 1971 - 1530 pages
...a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing— a private or two now and then Will not...Not an officer lost, only one of the men Moaning out all alone the death rattle." There's only the sound of the lone sentry's tread, As he tramps from the... | |
 | Elmo Howell - Authors, American - 1988 - 292 pages
...there a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat to and fro. By a rifleman hid in a thicket. 'Twas nothing, a private or two now and then Will not count...Not an officer lost, only one of the men Moaning out all alone the death-rattle. Lamar Fontaine's literary reputation rests on the early popularity of this... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - Washington (D.C.) - 1925 - 458 pages
...picket Is shot as he walks on his beat to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing—a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle; Not an officer lost—only one of the men. Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle." readers will readily understand... | |
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