Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are... Hero Tales from American History - Page 138by Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt - 1895 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1870 - 406 pages
...merit. I copied the following as a sample : — " The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugles stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade,...delight Those breasts that never more may feel The raptures of the flight." The last word must have been either a blunder — " flight" being put for... | |
| American periodicals - 1866 - 848 pages
...from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are freed from anguish now. The neighboring troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's stirring blast,...charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout arc past ; Nor war's wild note, nor glory's peal Shall thrill with fierce delight Those breasts that... | |
| Sallie A. Brock - Confederate States of America - 1869 - 660 pages
...washed The red sta'ins from each brow ; And the proud forms by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's...that never more may feel The rapture of the fight Like the fierce Northern hurricane That sweeps the great plateau, Who heard the thunder of the fray... | |
| Sallie A. Brock - United States - 1869 - 666 pages
...washed The red stains from each brow; And the proud forms by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's...war's wild note, nor glory's peal, Shall thrill with licrce delight Those breasts that never more may feel The rapture of the fight Like the fierce Northern... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 pages
...washed The red stains from each brow, And the prond forms, by battle gashed, Arc free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's...charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout, are passed, — Nor war's wild note, nor glory's peal, Shall thrill with fierce delight Those breasts that... | |
| Almanacs, American - 1877 - 140 pages
...each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, The neighine troop, the. flashing blade, The bugle s stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout are passed ; — Nor war's wild note, nor glory's peal, Shall thrill with fierce delight Those breasts... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blado, The bugle's stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful...that never more may feel The rapture of the fight. Like the fierce Northern hurricane That sweeps his great plateau, Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 pages
...washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's...that never more may feel The rapture of the fight. Like the fierce northern hurricane That sweeps his great plateau, Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's...that never more may feel The rapture of the fight Like the fierce Northern hurricane That sweeps his great plateau, Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,... | |
| Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1878 - 874 pages
...washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's...that never more may feel The rapture of the fight. Like the fierce northern hurricane That sweeps his great plateau, Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,... | |
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