 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. u Fire ! " — out blazed the rifle-blast It shivered...gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. 4 A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 652 pages
..."—out-blazed the rifle-blast It shivered the window, pane, and «ash ; It rent the banner with scam and gosh. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned fir <mt on the window-sill, And shook it furth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 422 pages
...Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire...will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare.your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...heart was loyal yet. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt !"— the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire...forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this gray old head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, and a blush of shame,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 188 pages
...Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire...window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right, He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire...broken staff* Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; " Shoot, if yon mnst, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness,... | |
 | E. S. S. Rouse - United States - 1864 - 346 pages
...flag met his sight. " Halt !" the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire !" out blazed the rifle blast, It shivered the window, pane and sash, It rent the...broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. Pho leaned far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will : " Shoot, if yon must,... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - Patriotic poetry, American - 1864 - 200 pages
...Halt!"—the dust-brown ranks stood fast; "Fire!"—out.blazed the rifle-blast. It shiver'd the window-pane and sash, It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatch'd the silken scarf. She lean'd far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will.... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat, left and right, He glanced : the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. '« Fire...snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, — But... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - United States - 1866 - 314 pages
...Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt !" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Fire!"...forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must this gray old head, But spare your country's flag," she said. The nobler nature within him stirred, To life... | |
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It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam 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 a royal will. " Shoot, if you... 
