 In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight.  Hoekzema's Gleanings from English Poetry - Side 296af David Hoekzema - 1893 - 334 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 177 sider
...attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rehel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched...glanced; the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — the dust-hrown ranks stood fast. "Fire!" — out hlazed the rifle-hlast It shivered the window, pane and... | |
 | William C. Spengemann, Jessica F. Roberts - 1996 - 447 sider
...and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, 20 She took up the flag the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. "Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Fire!" — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the... | |
 | William J. Bennett - 1997 - 384 sider
...years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Fire" — out blazed the rifle blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 332 sider
...years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned far out on the window-sill And shook it forth with... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 656 sider
...years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with... | |
 | Carmela Ciuraru - 2001 - 268 sider
...years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with... | |
 | Cullen Andrews Battle - 2000 - 180 sider
...these lines: Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her four-score years and ten, In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Fire!" Out blazed the rifle blast. It shattered the window-pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam, and gash. Barbara... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 256 sider
...and ten, Bravest of all in Fredrick Town She took up the flag that the men hauled down. In her attic window the staff she set To show that one heart was...He glanced -the old flag met his sight. Halt! The dust brown ranks stood fast. Fire! Out blazed the rifle blasts. It shivered the windowpane and sash;... | |
 | Carmela Ciuraru - 2007 - 256 sider
...years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with... | |
 | Michael Corcoran - 2007 - 192 sider
...venerable than your flag." The moment was popularized by John Whittier in the poem Barbara Frietchie: Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson...dust-brown ranks stood fast "Fire!" out blazed the rifle blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as... | |
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