 It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown.  Days with Uncle Jack - Page 65by John Walter Davis - 1914Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 pages
...of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be the first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 pages
...him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. You know the rest. In the books you have read How...gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again. Under... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to full, Who that day would be lying dead, Piereed by a British musket-hall. You know the rest. In the... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 pages
...of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the moruing-breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the...would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. 13. You know the rest. In the books you have read How 'the British regulars fired and fled, — How... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning-breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the...gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing.the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
...of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the...would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. XIV. You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British regulars fired and fled, — How... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - Recitations - 1872 - 218 pages
...of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the...fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British regulars fired and... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the...to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced bv a British musket-ball. xrv. You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British regulars... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...of birds among the trees. And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the...musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have rend, How the British Regulars fired and fled, — M I . • •• i .M HI • \ . ami : >•. i.... | |
 | A. W. Patterson - Readers - 1875 - 252 pages
...they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. 8. You know the rest. In the bqoks you have read How the British regulars fired and fled,—...gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under... | |
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