 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
 | 1876
...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 loyal...rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouch'd hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks... | |
 | 1876
...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 loyal...came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Tinder his slouch'd hat loft and right lie glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt I" — the... | |
 | Hermann Marcus Kottinger - 1877 - 180 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...and gash. Quick as it fell from the broken staff, Dame BarKara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned far out on the window-sill And shook it forth with... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877
...; 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...It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it feel from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 96 sider
...up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart waa loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall...and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. She leaned far out on the •window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877
...; 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...right He glanced : the old flag met his sight "Halt I" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast ; "Fire!" — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window,... | |
 | Code poetical reader - 1877
...ten, Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled* clown ; 20 In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was...ahead ; Under his slouched * hat, left and right, 25 He glanced, the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! "—the dust-brown ranks stood fast ; " Fire !... | |
 | Richard Lewis - 1877 - 174 sider
...She took up the flag| the m'en hauled down; In her attic window the stafi'she se't, To show that 6NE he'art] was loyal yet. * Up the street came the rebel...and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. 4 " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire ! " out blazed the rifle-blast ; It shivered... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878
...; 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878
...and teu -, 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...It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the hanner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barhara snatched the silken... | |
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