 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 Seiten
...with might and main And brooding barn-fowl left their rest With strange shells bursting in each iiest. Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely...collar And large gilt buttons — size of a dollar — With tails that country-folk call " swaller." He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White... | |
 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 Seiten
...with might and main, And brooding barn-fowl left their rest With strange shells bursting in each nest. Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely...dressed? He wore an ancient long buff vest, Yellow as saffron—but his best; And buttoned over his manly breast, Was a bright blue coat with a rolling collar... | |
 | 1888 - 1008 Seiten
...little building there is an exact reproduction of the farm-house of old John Burns of Gettysburg : 'Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely stood old John Hums. How do you think the man was dressed ? He wore an ancient long buff vest, Yellow as saffron —... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1871 - 186 Seiten
...with might and main, And brooding barn-fowl left their rest With strange shells bursting b each nest. Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely...collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — With tails that the country-folk called " swaller." He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat,... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1880 - 288 Seiten
...with might and main, And brooding barn-fowl left their rest With strange shells bursting in each nest. Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely...his best ; And buttoned over his manly breast Was a blight blue coat, with a rolling collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — With tails... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1872 - 410 Seiten
...with might and main, And brooding barn-fowl left their rest With strange shells bursting in each nest. Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely...long buff vest, Yellow as saffron, — but his best; 101 And buttoned over his manly breast Was a bright blue coat, with a rolling collar, And large gilt... | |
 | 1872 - 514 Seiten
...with might and maln, And brooding barn-fowl left their rest With strange shells bursting in each nest. Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely, stood old John Burns. 352 JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG. How do you think the man was dressed ? He wore nii ancient, long, buff... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1873 - 164 Seiten
...with might and main, And brooding barn-fowl left their rest With strange shells bursting in each nest. Just where the tide of "battle turns, Erect and lonely...collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 400 Seiten
...but quick to act. . That was the reason, as some folk say, He fought so well on that terrible day. 3. Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely...collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — With tails that the country-folk called " swaller." He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat,... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1875 - 164 Seiten
...might and main, And brooding barn-fowl left their rest With strange shells bursting in each nest i Just where the tide of "battle turns, Erect and lonely...collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a... | |
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Just where the tide of battle turns, Erect and lonely, stood old John Burns. How do you think the man was dressed? He wore an ancient, long buff vest, Yellow as saffron,— but his best; And buttoned over his manly breast Was a bright blue coat with a... 
