 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 412 pages
...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...left me " Sterne." FRANCIS HOPKINSON. THE BATTLE OP THE KKGS. GALLANTS, attend and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty; Strange things I'll tell which...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,... | |
 | Marshall Tufts - 1833 - 248 pages
...Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things to tell, that of late befel In Philadelphia city. 'T was early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising,...on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. As in a maze, he stood to gaze, The truth is not deni'd, sir, He saw a score of kegs or more Come floating... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...humorous ballad upon th subject : — BATTLE OF THE KEGS. Gallants, attend, and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell,...rising, A soldier stood on log of wood. And saw a thing surprising. As in a maze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied sir, — He spied a score... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...humorous ballad upon thesubject : — BATTLE OF THE KEGS. Gallants, attend, and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell,...early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, < Л soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in a maze he stood to gaze, — The... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1841 - 794 pages
...William Howe, the British commander. THE BATTLK OF THE KEGS. GALUNTS, attend, and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty: Strange things I'll tell,...rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. AB in a maze he stood to gaze? — The truth can't rm denied, sir,— He spied a... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 482 pages
...KEGS. BY FRANCIS HOPKINSON, ESQ. GALLANTS, attend, and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was...surprising. As, in amaze, he stood to gaze, The truth can't he denied, sirs ; He spied a score — of kegs, or more, Come floating down the tide, sirs. A sailor,... | |
 | Sherman Day - 1843 - 754 pages
...1787. THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS— BY FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Eso..» Gallants, attend, and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell,...rising, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, (The truth can't be denied, sir,) Be spied a score... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...humorous ballad upon th subject : — BATTLE OF THE KEGS. Gallante, attend, and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell, which late befell In Philadelphia city. 'Twue early day, as poete say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on log of woodf And saw... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1844 - 546 pages
...consists of twenty-two stanzas, from which the following are selected : , attend; ItaA hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty : Strange things I'll tell,...Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rismg, A soldier stood on log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. ' These kegs, I'm told, the rebels... | |
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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.... 
