They lay along the battery's side. Below the smoking cannon; Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde, And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame ; Forgot was Britain's glory; Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang "Annie... The Ladies' Repository - Page 411865Full view - About this book
| William Gordon McCabe - Ballads - 1879 - 174 pages
...to-morrow ; Sing while we may, another day Will hring enongh of sorrow." They lay along the hattery's side, Below the smoking cannon : Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde, And from the hanks of Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame; Forgot was Britain's glory : Each heart recalled... | |
| Allen Ayrault Griffith - Elocution - 1879 - 348 pages
...No longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said: "We storm the forts to-morrow; Sing while we may — another day Will bring enough...Shannon. They sang of love and not of fame ; Forgot was Britain's glory ; Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang " Annie Laurie." Maxvjeltoifs... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said : " We storm the forts to-morrow ; d judg 2 eannon : Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde, And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of love,... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...longer helch'd its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said : " We storm the forts to-morrow ; t, Britain's glory : Each heart rccall'da different name, But all sang "Annie Laurie." Voice after voice... | |
| Education - 1918 - 692 pages
...Malakoff No longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said: "We storm the forts tomorrow; Sing while we may, another day Will bring enough of...Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame ; Forgot was Britain's glory; Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang "Annie Laurie." Voice after voice... | |
| Robert McLean Cumnock - Readers - 1882 - 420 pages
...No longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said: "We storm the forts to-morrow; Sing while we may, another day Will bring enough of...Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame; Forgot was Britain's glory: Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang " Annie Laurie." Voice after voice... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...No longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said, "We storm the forts to-morrow; Sing while we may. another day Will bring enough of...Brave hearts, from Severn and from Clyde, And from the hanks of Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame ; Forgot was Britain's glory: Each heart recalled... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - American ballads - 1883 - 338 pages
...longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said : " We storm the forts to-morrow ; Sing while we may, another day Will bring enough of...Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame ; Forgot was Britain's glory ; Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang Annie Laurie. Voice after voice... | |
| Recitations - 1883 - 238 pages
...No longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said, " We storm the forts to-morrow ; Sing while we may, another day Will bring enough of...Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame, Forgot was Britain's glory ; Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang " Annie Laurie." Voice after voice... | |
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