 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...of thorny vines, - Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near...who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And thej' who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow... | |
 | American literature - 1834 - 324 pages
...of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery, That little dread us near...face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. VOL. i. &... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...thorny vinea) Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. 3. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light, at midnight, A stranre and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain, And they... | |
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...of thorny vine*, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near...face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, Ai nl hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. . •' Then... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near...they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; SONG or MARION'S MEN. 123 And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its sale and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery, That little dread us...They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to-face us Are beat to earth again ; i And they who fly in terror, deem A mighty host behind, And hear... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near...they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; SONG OF MARION'S MEN. 123 And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near!...face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet... | |
 | William McCarty - National songs - 1842 - 484 pages
...of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near...face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind. Then sweet... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 286 pages
...of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Wo to the English soldiery That little dread us near...face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, '- / And hear the tramp of thousands • C pon the hollow wind. Then... | |
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We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea; We know its walls of thorny vines. Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight... 
