 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....  Shores of Vespucci: Or, Romance Without Fiction - Page 116by Marshall Tufts - 1833 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Humphreys - United States - 1804 - 440 pages
...Thrill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell, which late befel In Philadelphia city. Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun 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 - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1818 - 292 pages
...Thrill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell, which late befel In Philadelphia city. "Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising,...stood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. i in a maze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, Sir, As in The . __, lie spied a store of... | |
 | David Humphreys - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1818 - 298 pages
...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... | |
 | James Thacher - United States - 1823 - 686 pages
...Thrill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I-ll tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. -Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprizing. As in a maze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, Sir, He spied a score of kegs... | |
 | James Thacher - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 494 pages
...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,... | |
 | Poetry - 1827 - 158 pages
...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 - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 408 pages
...Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which late befel In Philadelphia city. 'Twas early 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 Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 412 pages
...attend, and hear a friend, 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 - American poetry - 1829 - 412 pages
...discharged 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,... | |
 | 1829 - 426 pages
...discharged 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 be denied,... | |
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