Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir.... M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos - الصفحة 163بواسطة John Trumbull - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 184عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| David Humphreys, Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati - 1788 - عدد الصفحات: 202
...humour and tafte : The battle of the Kegs : — a Song.— Tune Moggy Lawder. GALLANTS, attend, and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. 'Twa» early day, as poets fay, Juft when the fun was rifing, A foldier... | |
| David Humphreys - 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...taste. THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS:— A Song. Tune, Moggy Lawder. Gallants, attend, and hear a friend Thrill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell,...was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw ft sight surprising. As in a maze he stood to gaze. The truth can't be denied, Sir, He spied a score... | |
| David Humphreys - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 298
...attend, and hear a friend Thrill forth harmonious ditty: Strange things I'll tell, which lute hel'cl In Philadelphia city. 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stoorl on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. As in a maze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be... | |
| Samuel Putnam Waldo - 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 208
...sarcastic Poem, from the Hon. FRANCIS HOI-KINSON. THE BATTLE OF THE KEG9. A tong. — Tuney Moggy Lawder. Gallants, attend, and bear a friend Trill forth harmonious...late befel In Philadelphia city. 'Twas early day, at poet» lay, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier itood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising.... | |
| James Thacher - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. •'Twa» early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log ol" wood, And saw a sight surprizing. • As in a maze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied,... | |
| 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 158
...BATTLE OF THE KEGS* (r. noFKissos) <GUtiA.NT9, attend, and hear a friendy Trill forth harmonious ditty : 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a sight surprising, As in amaze, he stood to gaze, (The truth can't be denied,... | |
| Samuel Hazard - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...[American Museum, 1787. THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS, By Francis Hupkinson, Esq. Gallants attend and hear a friend, Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things...day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A aoldier stood on a log of wood. And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth... | |
| Samuel Hazard - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...[American Miutum, 1787. THE BATTLE Of THE KEGS, By Francis Hupkirum, Etq. Gallants attend and hear a friend, Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things...befel In Philadelphia city. • 'Twas early day, as pocls say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising.... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I '11 tell which late befell In Philadelphia city. 'T was early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied,... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...their small arms and cannons at everything they saw floating in the river, daring the ebb tide. 'T was early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't he demed,... | |
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