Where such strange things are done.

Along our lines the sentry walked;

The dew was on his hair;

He felt the night in every limb,

But kept his station there;

And watched the shimmering spires, and saw

The swallows slide away;

When, o'er the fields, there came a man,

Rough, and in rough array.

"Holla, you Yankee scout!" said he,