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Ethel Lynn Beers
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“All quiet along the Potomac to-night, No sound save the rush of the river, While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead— The picket ’s off duty forever.”
Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight" (first published in Harper's Weekly on November 30, 1861 under the title The Picket Guard).
“Calmer than midnight's deepest bush Is the sun-bright Summer nooning, With its cloudy shadows seeking rest, That fall on the hillside swooning. Great Night with its solemn starry eyes, Over Day's gate asks us whither We go, what our password is, To the camp beyond the river. ...”
Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Noonday Rest" (1869; published in All Quiet Along the Potomac and Other Poems, 1879).