 | Charlotte Elizabeth - English literature - 1845 - 524 pages
...that combines as many images of hardship, horror, or peril, as ever were compressed into two lines : " Reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the Main ¡" and then comes the exquisite transition to all that is soft, and familiar, and endearing,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...And 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 fagot that guarded the slaiti ; At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | Songs, English - 1847 - 906 pages
...And 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 fagot that guarded the slain. At the dead of the night a sweet vision 1 saw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - Recitations - 1847 - 184 pages
...And 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 tie wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...And 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...saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, far had I roam'd on a desolate track : 'Twas... | |
 | William Beattie - Authors, Scottish - 1849 - 520 pages
...set their watch in the sky ; When thousands sank down on the ground overpowered, The weary to rest, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on...At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And twice ere the cock crew * I dreamed it again. Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array, Far,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 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 fnggot tl:ut guarded the slain ; At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the... | |
 | 1849 - 396 pages
...then, in a dream, he seems to return to his home. The story is beautifully told, and is very affecting. "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 Isaw, And thrice ere the morning... | |
 | William Beattie - 1850 - 576 pages
...thousands sank down on the ground overpowered, The weary to rest, and the wounded to die. When reposmg that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring...the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the cock crew* I dreamed it again. Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, far, I had roamed... | |
 | William Beattie - 1850 - 570 pages
...set their watch in the sky ; When thousands sank down on the ground overpowered, The weary to rest, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on...the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At tiie dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the cock crew* I dreamed it again. Methought... | |
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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. 
