 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
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his H?il Who at the bridge would lie first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced...British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you 208 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. How the farmers gave them hall for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 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...— How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From bcliind each fence and farm-yard wall, oar Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1881 - 310 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...fled, — How the farmers gave them ball for ball, Prom behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - Elocution - 1876 - 454 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...Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In tha books you have read How the British regulars fired and fled, — How the farmers gave them ball... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1876 - 348 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. IS. YQU know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled — How the... | |
 | Recitations - 1876 - 734 pages
...meadows brown. And, one was safe and asleep in his bed \Vlio at the bridge would be first to full, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British...books you have read How the British regulars fired and lied — How the farmers gave them ball for ball. From behind each fence and farmyard- wall, Chasing... | |
 | 1876 - 732 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 lo fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1876 - 348 pages
...bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. 13. You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Eegulars fired and fled, — How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his hed Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would he lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read, How... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - Elocution - 1878 - 456 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 redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the... | |
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