 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
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 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... | |
 | Walter Learned - American poetry - 1891 - 404 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... | |
 | Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - United States - 1891 - 188 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 count...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1892 - 520 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, his death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1892 - 132 pages
...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...officer lost — only one of the men Moaning out, all alone, his death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Poetry - 1892 - 524 pages
...a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat to and fro, Ry 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, his death-nittle." All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully... | |
 | Lizzie Cary Daniel - Confederate States of America - 1893 - 292 pages
...there 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... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Readers - 1893 - 460 pages
...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 tale of the battle; Not an officer lost — only one of the men Breathing out all alone the death rattle.... | |
 | George H. Washburn - New York (State) - 1894 - 720 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... | |
 | Euphemia Vale Blake - English poetry - 1894 - 168 pages
...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...an 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... | |
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