 | Stewart Pearce - Luzerne County (Pa.) - 1860 - 594 pages
...poor Bird had perished 'Midst the cannon's awful roar. " Dearest parents," said the letter ; " This will bring sad news to you ; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though it brings his last adieu ! " I must sufler for deserting From the brig Niagara ; Read this letter,... | |
 | Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga County (Ohio) - 1904 - 686 pages
...Better if poor Bird had perished 'Mid the battle's awful roar. "Dearest parents," said his letter, "This will bring sad news to you ; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though this brings his last adieu." Sad and gloomy was the morning Bird was ordered out to die ; Where's the heart, rot... | |
 | John Steven McGroarty - American poetry - 1886 - 144 pages
...poor Bird had perished 'Midst the cannon's awful roar. " Dearest parents," said the letter ; " This will bring sad news to you ; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though it brings his last adieu ! " I must suffer for deserting From the brig Niagara ; Read this letter,... | |
 | 1899 - 212 pages
...If poor Bird had perished 'Midst the cannons' awful roar. "Dearest parents," said the letter: "This will bring sad news to you;. Do not mourn your first beloved; Tho' It brings his last adieu!" "I must suffer for deserting From the brig Niagara; Read this letter,... | |
 | Orlando John Hodge - Cleveland (Ohio) - 1902 - 256 pages
...Better if poor Bird had perished 'Mid the battle's awful roar. "Dearest parents," said his letter, "This will bring sad news to you ; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though this brings his last adieu." Sad and gloomy was the morning Bird was ordered out to die ; Where's the heart, not... | |
 | Ohio - 1911 - 530 pages
...if poor Bird had perished Midst the cannons' awful roar. "Dearest Parents," said the letter, "This will bring sad news to you; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though it brings his last adieu. "I must suffer for deserting From the brig Ni-ag-a-ra; Read this letter/... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson, Elizabeth Miner Thomas Richardson - Legislators - 1916 - 208 pages
...Better far if Bird had perished Midst the battle's awful roar. "Dearest parents," said the letter, This will bring sad news to you; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though this brings his last adieu. "I must suffer for deserting From the brig Niagara; Read this letter, brothers, sisters,... | |
 | Folklore - 1922 - 474 pages
...poor Bird had perished Midst the cannons' awful roar. 16. "Dearest parents," said the letter, "This will bring sad news to you; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though this brings his last adieu. 17. "I must suffer for deserting From the brig Niagara; Read this letter, brother,... | |
 | Louise Pound - Music - 1922 - 326 pages
...Better if poor Bird had perished Amid the battle's awful roar. "Dearest parents," said the letter, "This will bring sad news to you. Do not mourn your first beloved, Though this brings his last adieu. "I must suffer for deserting From the brig Niagara; Read this letter, brother, sister.... | |
 | Charles Burleigh Galbreath - Biography - 1925 - 780 pages
...Better far if Bird had perished Midst the battle's awful roar. "Dearest parents," said the letter, This will bring sad news to you ; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though this brings his last adieu. "I must suffer for deserting From the brig, 'Niagara,' Read this letter, brothers,... | |
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This will bring sad news to you; Do not mourn your first beloved, Though this brings his last adieu. "I must suffer for deserting From the brig Niagara; Read this letter, brothers, sisters, 'Tis the last you'll hear from me. 
