 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
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 544 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier, Brenda Wineapple - 2004 - 187 sider
...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 loyal...and right He glanced: the old flag met his sight. "Halt!"—the dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Fire!"—out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window,... | |
 | J. D. McClatchy - 2005 - 211 sider
...then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal...glanced: the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — the dust- brown ranks stood fast. "Fire!" — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane... | |
 | Lorrie Goldensohn - 2006 - 413 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. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's... | |
 | William T. Alexander - 2003 - 608 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...Halt! "—the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire I "— out blazed the rifle blast. It shivered the window, pane and snsh ; It rent the banner with... | |
 | Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - 2008 - 128 sider
...loyal yet; Reader 6: Jackson: Reader 6: Jackson: Reader 6: Reader 7: A Poet's Role in History (cont) Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson...seam 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... | |
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