 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 Jacob Anderson - United States - 1889 - 478 pages
...entire force were in danger of being surrounded and made prisoners. The retreat was speedily renewed. " You know the rest in the books you have read, How...and fled ; How the farmers gave them ball for ball, Prom behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 460 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...rest. In the books you have read, How the British ttogularsfiredandfled, — 208 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 482 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...rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regularsfiredandfled, — • How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 458 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 road, How the British Regulars fi red and fled, — made HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. How the farmers gave... | |
 | Acton (Mass. : Town) - 1890 - 144 pages
...them ! How at the touch of these, patriotism, like electricity, will thrill through your bones : " And one was safe and asleep in his bed, Who at the...that day would be lying dead. Pierced by a British musket ball." REVOLUTIONARY WAR. — January 20, 1776, Middlesex County was ordered to raise a regiment... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 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...that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regulars tired and fled... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - American poetry - 1890 - 342 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 fall,2 Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs - Draft - 1946 - 1078 pages
...the 18th of April, in 75; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. ******* You know the rest. In the books you have read, How...for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard wall. Those were days of primitive warfare. Now we have tanks, television, radar seeing, automatic first... | |
 | Poetry - 1982 - 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...that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket -ball? You know the rest . In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled--... | |
 | American essays - 1861 - 792 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... | |
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