Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism and Patience, Part 2 |
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... looks of the dying , of the few awkward words that fell from the lips of thankful convalescents , or the speechless eye - following of the dependent soldier , or the pressure of a rough hand , softened to womanly gentleness by long ...
... looks of the dying , of the few awkward words that fell from the lips of thankful convalescents , or the speechless eye - following of the dependent soldier , or the pressure of a rough hand , softened to womanly gentleness by long ...
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... look down upon you . " But to the soldier fighting the battles of free- dom , the thought that in every hamlet and village of the loyal North , patriotic women were toiling and watching for his welfare , and that they were ready to ...
... look down upon you . " But to the soldier fighting the battles of free- dom , the thought that in every hamlet and village of the loyal North , patriotic women were toiling and watching for his welfare , and that they were ready to ...
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... look for the advance- ment of all noble and philanthropic enterprises ; the lifting vagrant and wayward childhood from the paths of ruin ; the universal dif- fusion of education and culture ; the succor and elevation of the poor , the ...
... look for the advance- ment of all noble and philanthropic enterprises ; the lifting vagrant and wayward childhood from the paths of ruin ; the universal dif- fusion of education and culture ; the succor and elevation of the poor , the ...
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... looks not only at your prayers and your emotions , but at the way you live , and speak , and act , every hour of your lives . " Then she sang Whittier's exquisite hymn : — " O , praise an ' tanks , -the Lord he come To set de people ...
... looks not only at your prayers and your emotions , but at the way you live , and speak , and act , every hour of your lives . " Then she sang Whittier's exquisite hymn : — " O , praise an ' tanks , -the Lord he come To set de people ...
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... looks of gratitude from weary eyes , now brightened by visions of heavenly glory , the last of many recognitions of her ministry . Absorbed in her work , unconscious of the spiritual beauty which invested her daily life , whether in her ...
... looks of gratitude from weary eyes , now brightened by visions of heavenly glory , the last of many recognitions of her ministry . Absorbed in her work , unconscious of the spiritual beauty which invested her daily life , whether in her ...
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Page 759 - Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved it well ; And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night. Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er, And the Rebel rides on his raids no more. Honor to her ! and let a tear Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier.
Page 758 - 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 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 came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word; "Who touches a hair of yon gray head...
Page 757 - Fair as a garden of the Lord To the eyes of the famished rebel horde On that pleasant morn of the early fall When Lee marched over the mountain wall, Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot into Frederick town.
Page 758 - 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. 0 Halt! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast •Fire!
Page 571 - Come, humble sinner, in whose breast A thousand thoughts revolve; Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed, And make this last resolve. 2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin Hath like a mountain rose, I know His courts, I'll enter in Whatever may oppose.
Page 325 - I am not eager, bold, Nor strong — all that is past; I am ready not to 'do At last, at last. My half day's work is done, And this is all my part ; I give a patient God My patient heart, And grasp His banner still, Though all its blue be dim ; These stripes, no less than stars, Lead after Him.
Page 137 - One afternoon, just before the evacuation, when the atmosphere of our rooms was close and foul, and all were longing for a breath of our cooler northern air, while the men were moaning in pain, or were restless with fever, and our hearts were sick with pity for the sufferers, I heard a light step upon the stairs; and looking up I saw a young lady enter, who brought with her such an atmosphere of calm and cheerful courage, so much freshness, such an expression of gentle, womanly sympathy, that her...
Page 83 - I prefer to give you money, if it will do as much good." " Very well ;. then give money, which we need badly, and without which we cannot do what is most necessary for our brave sick men." " Then I will give you the entire earnings of the next two weeks. I'd give more, but I have to help support my mother, who is an invalid. Generally, I make but one vest a day, but I will work earlier and later these two weeks.
Page 84 - Opening her portemonnaie, she counted out — how much do you think, reader? — nineteen dollars and thirty-seven cents ! Every penny was earned by the slow needle, and she had stitched away into the hours of midnight, on every one of the working days of the week. We call that an instance of patriotism married to generosity. SOME farmers...
Page 327 - ... was managed at first : The surgeons left in care of the wounded three or four miles out from the town, went up and down among the men in the morning, and said, 'Any of you boys who can make your way to the cars can go to Baltimore.' So off start all who think they feel well enough ; anything better than the 'hospitals,' so called, for the first few days after a battle.