 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
 | Book - 1868 - 159 sider
...ELEGANT EXTRACTS. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouch'd hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his...stood fast. " Fire ! " out blazed the rifle-blast. It shiver" d the window, pane, and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell from... | |
 | - 1869
...one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal...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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869
...: 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 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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 364 sider
...that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. 3 Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced :...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... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 396 sider
....'*'•*' ' 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.... | |
 | Floyd Baker Wilson - 1869 - 188 sider
...and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men haul'd down. In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouch'd hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. BARBARA FR1ETCHIE. 41 " Halt !... | |
 | JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER - 1869
...the men hauled down ; In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ;...stood fast. " Fire ! " — out blazed the rifle-blast. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1870 - 408 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 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... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 384 sider
...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 riflleblast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick,... | |
 | 1870 - 228 sider
...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. She leaned... | |
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