The Patrol at Barnegat

All ? Through Nature's gloom,—the —through
wild, wild storm,

The stretching shore and

The midnight covering all

And on the sand a
straggling group with ears alert

with ears alert, with

And on the sand, with ears
alert, a

With piercing eyes, seaward
inclining

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Amidst

The _^swirling wintry blast, the
gusts of snow,

Alone with _^Dauntless Confronting Night, and
Storm and Sea

Alas

Through the
the fierce

the midnight howling
the fierce snow driving
_^through slush and sand toilsome, the mortar dragging,