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" Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, For their mother — may Heaven defend her! "
The "Ulster Guard" (20th N. Y. State Militia) and the War of the Rebellion ... - Page 163
by Theodore Burr Gates - 1879 - 619 pages
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her! The moon seems to shine just as brightly us then. That night when the love, yet unspoken, Leaped up to his lips — when lowluurimirod vows Wore pledged to he ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes,...
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Poetical Pen-pictures of the War: Selected from Our Union Poets

John Henry Hayward - 1863 - 410 pages
...tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep— The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then. That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips—when low murmured vows "Were pledged to be never unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over...
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Lyrics of loyalty, arranged and edited by F. Moore, Volume 65

Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night, when the love yet unspoken >...gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. lie passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree — The footstep is lagging and weary...
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Pen-pictures of the War: Lyrics, Incidents, and Sketches of the Rebellion ...

1864 - 356 pages
...asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night, when the love yet unspoken Leaped...gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree — The footstep is lagging and weary...
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Lyrics of Loyalty

Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night, when the love yet unspoken Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He...gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree — The footstep is lagging and weary...
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Poetical Pen-pictures of the War: Selected from Our Union Poets

John Henry Hayward - 1864 - 418 pages
...children asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped...lips — when low murmured vows Were pledged to be never unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over hia eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling,...
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Lessons in Elocution ...

A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 pages
...children asleep, For their mother — may Heaven defend her! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then That night, when the love yet unspoken Leaped...Were pledged to be ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeves roughly over his eyes He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to...
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Memories of the Southern States

Elizabeth Collins - 1865 - 132 pages
...the children asleep — For their mother, may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine as brightly as then, That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, and when low murmured vows Were pledged, to be ever unbroken ; Then drawing his sleeve roughly over...
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Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865

Frank Moore - 1866 - 654 pages
...children asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then. That night, when the love yet unspoken Leaped...gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree — The footstep is lagging and weary...
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Poetry, Lyrical, Narrative and Satirical, of the Civil War

Richard Grant White - 1866 - 368 pages
...asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night, when the love yet unspoken Leaped...gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine-tree, — The footstep is lagging and weary...
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