...life-blood is ebbing ammd plashing. VT. All quiet along the PotUmac to-night, ¿No SOUfld save the rusim of the river; While soft falls the dew on the face of the deadThe picket off duty for ever! HAROLD MALET, Colonel. There are some verses by Bret Harte something...

...leaves ? Was't the moonlight so wondrously flashing ? It looked like a rifle—" Ha!—Mary, good-bye!" And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet...soft falls the dew on the face of the dead— The picket off duty for ever! On Ascension-day, 29th May, I went early, before 7 AM, to the church of the...

...looked like a rifle —'' Ha ! Mary, good-bye I'' And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. 9. Alt quiet along the Potomac to-night, No sound save the...face of the dead — The picket's off duty forever. 1 F"TcK'?T. A guard posted at some distance from an army to secure the camp from any surprise by the...

...leaves r Was it moonlight so wond'rously flashing ? It looked like a rifle— " Ha ! Mary, good-by !" _ And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, ÍTo sound save the rush of the river ; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead— The picket's...

...rustled the leaves? Was it moonlight so wondrously flashing ? It looked like a rifle — " Ha! MART, good-by !" And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing....The picket's off duty forever. THE HOLY WAR. BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. " And I saw heaven opened, and beheld a white horse; and He that sat upon him...

...rustled the leaves ? Was it moonlight so wondrously flashing ? It looked like a rifle — " Ha! MARY, good-by!" And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing....The picket's off duty forever. THE HOLY WAR. BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. " And I saw heaven opened, and beheld a white horse; and He that sat upon him...

...flashing ? It looked like a rifle —' Ha! Mary, good-bye!' And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. li All quiet along the Potomac to-night, No sound save...face of the dead — The picket's off duty forever!" In this section of Virginia there were but few families of true loyalty; but thefe were memorable exceptions....

...splashing. " All quiet along the Potomac to-night." No round save the rush of tke river: While soiVJalls the dew on the face of the dead, The Picket's off duty forever. ROBERT И , FOLSOlf. '. The other hero alluded to by the correspondent of the Mercury, is thus described...

...leaves, Was it moonlight so wondrously flashing ? It looked like a rifle—" Ha ! Mary, good-bye ! " And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet...face of the dead — The Picket's off duty forever i LX. A PASTOKAL. BY AJ MT7NBY. I sat with Doris, the Shepherd maiden ; Her crook was laden with wreathed...

...moonlight so wondrously flashing ? It looked like a rifle—"Ha !—Mary, good bye !" And the life blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac...soft falls the dew on the face of the dead— The picket off duty for ever ! September, 1862. It happened that the few old collars which I took with...