We tulk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laugh and shout. As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves, And slumber... Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 14edited by - 1858Full view - About this book
| Children's poetry - 1917 - 456 pages
...thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil ; We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laugh and shout, As if the hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry song we... | |
| Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1900 - 400 pages
...thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The...cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine top grieves, * And slumber long and sweetly On beds of oaken leaves. Well knows the fair and friendly... | |
| George Baylor - History - 1900 - 438 pages
...the hour that brings release From danger and from toil, We talk the battle over And share the battle spoil; The woodland rings with laugh and shout, As...cup, With merry songs we mock the wind That in the tree-top grieves, And slumber long and sweetly On beds of oaken leaves." When not on duty the men enjoyed... | |
| William De Witt Hyde - Books and reading - 1900 - 504 pages
...thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil ; We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The...a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves, And slumber long and sweetly On beds... | |
| Alice Rose Power - American poetry - 1901 - 216 pages
...Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : . We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The...slumber long and sweetly On beds of oaken leaves. Well known the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads — The glitter of their rifles, The scampering... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk sworn, I (in His oath depend ; I shall, tin eagle's...ascend ; I shall behold His face, I shall His power a lire gnthenl To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mogk the wind That in the pine-top grieves,... | |
| Sherman Williams - Readers - 1902 - 504 pages
...thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil; We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The...cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine top grieves, And slumber long and sweetly On beds of oaken leaves. Well knows the fair and friendly... | |
| M. Halley, Leonard Lemmon - Readers - 1903 - 232 pages
...Upon the hollow wind. 3. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil: We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The...slumber long and sweetly On beds of oaken leaves. 4. Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads — The glitter of their rifles,... | |
| American ballads and songs - 1903 - 430 pages
...thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The...the pine-top grieves, And slumber long and sweetly Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads — The glitter of their rifles, The... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1903 - 880 pages
...thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil : We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The...are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry sontjs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves, And slumber long and sweetly On bods of oaken... | |
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