 | William P. Tomlinson - Kansas - 1859 - 328 pages
...tranquil were the faces of the dead. CHAPTER VI. THE MABCH ON WEST POINT. " They left the plonghshare in the mould, Their flocks and herds without a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain, The corn half -garnered on the plain, And mustered in their simple dress For wrongs to seek a atern redress.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...glory to that valiant band, The honor'd saviours of the land ! Oh, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer, And rush'd to battle then. The God of battles heard their cry, And sent to them the victory. They left... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...honored saviours of the land ! Oh ! few and weak their numbers were, — A handful of brave men ; Cut to their God they gave their prayer, And rushed to...their cry, And sent to them the victory. They left the plowshare in the mold, Their flocks and herds without a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain, The... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 802 pages
...Canadians. Storm on the St Lawrence. Passage of the Army. CHAPTER IX. " Oh, few and weak their numbers were, A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer, And rnsh'd to battle then. They left the plowshare in the mold, Their flocks and herds without a fold,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 802 pages
...on the St Lawrence. Passage of the Атшу. CHAPTER IX. " Oh, few and weak their numbers were, Л handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer. And rush'd to battle then. They left the plowshare in the mold, Their flocks and herds without a fold,... | |
 | American poetry - 1861 - 144 pages
...glory to that valiant band, The honored saviours of the land ! O, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave...their cry, And sent to them the victory. They left their ploughshares in the mould, Their flocks and herds without a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain,... | |
 | Henry Walter De Puy - Vermont - 1861 - 436 pages
...conclude my narrative. CHAPTER IV. TEE GREEN-MOUNTAIN HEROES. '* Oh, few and weak their numbers were, A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer, And rushed to battle then. They left the plowshare in the mold. Their flocks and herds without a fold, The sickle in the unshorn... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 782 pages
...fathers of those whom I represent rallied to their protection— " They left the plowshare in the mold, Their flocks and herds without a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain, Their corn half-garnered on the plain, And mustered in their simple dress, For wrongs of yours to seek... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 792 pages
...fathers of those whom I represent rallied to their protection — " They left the plowshare in the mold, Their flocks and herds without a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain, Their corn half-garnered on the plain, And mustered in their simple dress, For wrongs of your» to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...glory to that valiant band, The honor'd saviours of the land! Oh, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer. And rush'd to battle then. The God of battles heard their cry, And sent to them the victory. They left... | |
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Oh, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer, And rushed to battle then. 
