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.


"All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight" (first published in Harper's Weekly on November 30, 1861 under the title The Picket Guard).

Ethel Lynn Beers Quotes

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...