 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
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 544 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 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 - 1879 - 505 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...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 silkenscarf;... | |
 | Ezra Pound, Marcella Spann - 1964 - 353 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 right He glanced; the old flag met his sight. "Halti" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Firel" — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the... | |
 | Robert Penn Warren - 1971 - 208 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. Quick, as... | |
 | Thomas John Chew Williams, Folger McKinsey - 1967 - 1724 sider
...staff she set. To show that one heart was loya! yet. I'p the strret came the rebel tread, /?fo4«rnil Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left...right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — tlie dvst-brou-n rants stood fait; "Fire!"— out blated the rift blast. It Aicered Hit icindom... | |
 | Donald Hall - 1985 - 319 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 right He glanced; the old flag met his sight. It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from... | |
 | Michael Kent Curtis - 1993 - 344 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...stood fast. 'Fire!'— out blazed the rifle-blast. 397 REHNQUIST, CJ, dissenting It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and... | |
 | Richard Marius - 1994 - 543 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... | |
 | Jay Parini, Axinn Professor of English Jay Parini - 1995 - 757 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 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,... | |
 | Elizabeth D. Leonard - 1995 - 308 sider
...imperiled her life by defiantly waving her flag from the upper window of her home. 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,... | |
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