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
| 1870 - 252 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... | |
| John Dudley Philbrick - 1870 - 636 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...Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast ; " Fire l " — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 sider
...the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. 5. 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. C. Quick... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 sider
...years 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'cl hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks... | |
| Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 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...came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. Under his slouched hat left and right ' Halt !'—the dust-brown... | |
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1871 - 342 sider
...the men hauled down ; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. v. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson...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... | |
| Mary Stephens Robinson - 1871 - 228 sider
...flags were lowered, this aged heroic woman " took up the flag the men hauled down." " lu 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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sider
...; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-window solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf fis'. : " Fire ! " — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 sider
...years 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...street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahea& Under his slouch'd hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — the... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 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...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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