 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 páginas
...Wliy sure, thought they, the devil's to pay, 'Mongst folks above the water. The kegs, 'tis snid, tho' strongly made, Of rebel staves and hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful foes, The conq'nng British troops, sir. From morn to night these men of might Display'd amazing courage; And... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1856 - 436 páginas
...The fish below swam to and fro, Attack'd from every quarter ; Why sure, thought they, the devil's to pay, 'Mongst folks above the water. The kegs, 'tis said, though strongly made Of rebel staves and hoops,6 sir, Could not oppose their powerful foes, From morn till night, these men of might Display'd... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 páginas
...Why sure, thought they, the devil's to puy, 'Hongst folks above the water. The kegs, 'tis said, tho' strongly made, Of rebel staves and hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful foes, The coiiq'ring British troops, sir. From morn to night these men of might Display M amazing courage ; And... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1858 - 422 páginas
...swam to and fro, Attack'd from ev'ry quarter : " Why sure," thought they, '• there's a mighty fray " 'Mongst folks above the water." The KEGS, 'tis said,...made Of rebel staves and hoops, sir, Could not oppose thehr)powerful foes, The conqu'ring British troops, sir. From morn to night, those men of might Display'd... | |
 | William Evans Burton - 1859 - 690 páginas
...The fish below swam to and fro, Attack'd from every quarter ; Why sure, thought they, the devil's to pay, 'Mongst folks above the water. The kegs, 'tis...hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful foes, The conquering British troops, sir. From morn to night these men of might Display'd amazing courage ; And... | |
 | John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - 1859 - 492 páginas
...Attack'd from every quarter : Why, sure (thought they), the De'il's to pay 'Mong folk above the'water. The kegs, 'tis said, though strongly made Of rebel staves and hoops. Sir, Could not oppose their pow'rful foes, The conq ring British troops, Sir. From morn to night these men of might Display'd amazing... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 páginas
...Why sure, thought they, the devifs to p»y 'Mongst folks above the water. The kegs, 'tis said, tho' strongly made Of rebel staves and hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful foes, The conq'ring British troops, sir. From morn to night these men of might Displny'd amazing courage ; And... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 794 páginas
...swam to and fro, Attack'd from every quarter; Why sure (thought they), the devil's to pajr 'Mong folk above the water. " The kegs, 'tis said, though strongly...hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful foes, The conq'ring British troops, air. • From morn to night, these men of might Diaplay'd amazing courage,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 788 páginas
...every quarter; Why sure (thought they), the devil's to pajr 'Mung folk above the water. "The kegs, 'us said, though strongly made Of rebel staves and hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful foe», The conq'ring British troops, sir. • From morn to night, these men of might Display 'd amazing... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 páginas
...Why sure, thought they, the devil's to pay 'Mongst folks above the water. The kegs, 'tis said, tho' strongly made Of rebel staves and hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful foes, The conq'ring British troops, sir. From morn to night these men of might Display'd amazing courage ; And... | |
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A hundred men with each a pen, Or more upon my word, sir, It is most true would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. 
