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Page 55
... race ; and it was particularly irritating to the South . This move was chiefly owing to Mr. Stanton ; so that I was curious to hear what character he would give to the negroes as fighters . He said , ' Our black troops fought well ; I ...
... race ; and it was particularly irritating to the South . This move was chiefly owing to Mr. Stanton ; so that I was curious to hear what character he would give to the negroes as fighters . He said , ' Our black troops fought well ; I ...
Page 83
... race survived through an indefinite number of thousands of years , seeing the granite mountains , now covered with lava and now with ice , without one single step of progress towards a higher civilisation ? Where volcanic action has ...
... race survived through an indefinite number of thousands of years , seeing the granite mountains , now covered with lava and now with ice , without one single step of progress towards a higher civilisation ? Where volcanic action has ...
Page 108
... race who lived before the red man came there , of whom nothing more is known , not even whether they were black , white , or red ; only that they dug entrenchments . But I doubt if the siege of Petersburg will ever be thus forgotten on ...
... race who lived before the red man came there , of whom nothing more is known , not even whether they were black , white , or red ; only that they dug entrenchments . But I doubt if the siege of Petersburg will ever be thus forgotten on ...
Page 109
... race of hunters . In every new clearance the stumps of the trees are left projecting some two feet above the soil . It has the appearance of a giant having been there , who has mowed a patch of forest with a scythe . A settler's life in ...
... race of hunters . In every new clearance the stumps of the trees are left projecting some two feet above the soil . It has the appearance of a giant having been there , who has mowed a patch of forest with a scythe . A settler's life in ...
Page 112
... race , and quick to learn ; there will be no difficulty in teaching them to do anything they see white men doing . But as regards their power of taking care of themselves , they are mere children . Our negroes were not living as the ...
... race , and quick to learn ; there will be no difficulty in teaching them to do anything they see white men doing . But as regards their power of taking care of themselves , they are mere children . Our negroes were not living as the ...
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Page 41 - Maryland! Thou wilt not crook to his control, Maryland! Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the shot, the blade, the bowl, Than crucifixion of the soul, Maryland, my Maryland! I hear the distant thunder hum, Maryland! The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland ! She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb; Huzza!
Page 50 - Where the dead and dying lay, Wounded by bayonets, shells, and balls, Somebody's Darling was borne one day : — Somebody's Darling, so young and so brave, Wearing yet, on his pale, sweet face, Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave, The lingering light of his boyhood's grace. Matted and damp are the curls of gold...
Page 50 - ... damp are the curls of gold, Kissing the snow of that fair young brow; Pale are the lips of delicate mould — Somebody's Darling is dying now. Back from his beautiful blue-veined brow Brush all the wandering waves of gold. Cross his hands on his bosom now, Somebody's Darling is still and cold.
Page 46 - His musket falls slack ; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep; For their mother — may Heaven defend her!
Page 40 - Maryland ! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland ! My Maryland...
Page 40 - The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland ! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland! My Maryland!
Page 47 - And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, — No sound save the rush of the river; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, — The picket's off duty forever.
Page 41 - I see the blush upon thy cheek, Maryland! For thou wast ever bravely meek, Maryland ! But lo! there surges forth a shriek, From hill to hill, from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland, my Maryland! Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll, Maryland!
Page 47 - For their mother : may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, when low murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken ; Then, drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree ; The footstep is lagging and weary, Yet onward he goes through the broad...
Page 49 - Is there any news of the war?" she said. " Only a list of the wounded and dead," Was the man's reply, Without lifting his eye To the face of the woman standing by. " 'Tis the very thing I want," she said ; " Read me a list of the wounded and dead." He read the list — 'twas a sad array Of the wounded and killed in the fatal fray. In the very midst, was a pause to tell Of a gallant youth who fought so well That his comrades asked : " Who is he, pray ?" " The only son of the Widow Gray," Was the...