 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...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...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
...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...But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadncs*, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...far out on the window-sill, And shook it 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, Over the face of the leader came ; The noble nature within him stirred To life... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...with seam and gash. Quick as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, — But spare your country's flag I" she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature... | |
 | Floyd Baker Wilson - Dialogues - 1869 - 208 pages
...Three-quarters of an hour at our present rate of steam.' " 8 " She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will, ' Shoot, if...hea.d, But spare your country's flag,' she said." 4. " No, thank ye, sir, — I never drink ; Roger and I are exceedingly moral. Aren't we, Roger 1 —... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 pages
...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...head, — But spare your country's flag !" she said. 7. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned far out on the window-sill, her mou G satines», a Mush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Indiana - 1872 - 382 pages
...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...head, — But spare your country's flag !" she said. 7. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 376 pages
...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...gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. 9 A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within... | |
 | United States - 1873 - 626 pages
...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,'...flag, she said! A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, ( )ver the face of the leader came : The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed... | |
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