The Soldier's Friend: Being a Thrilling Narrative of Grandma Smith's Four Years' Experience and Observations, as Matron, in the Hospitals of the South, During the Late Disastrous Conflict in America |
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... nights in a critical situation . After the death of my father , the neighbors being fear- ful to approach the house to render assistance in his burial , that sad duty had to be performed alone by my mother and the two nurses . Can the ...
... nights in a critical situation . After the death of my father , the neighbors being fear- ful to approach the house to render assistance in his burial , that sad duty had to be performed alone by my mother and the two nurses . Can the ...
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... night and day . Wolves and bears would prowl about near the house until late in the morning . The nights were made hideous with the howlings of the wolves , and not unfrequently the unearthly scream of the panther , all in quest of 26 ...
... night and day . Wolves and bears would prowl about near the house until late in the morning . The nights were made hideous with the howlings of the wolves , and not unfrequently the unearthly scream of the panther , all in quest of 26 ...
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... night lest it might pass , and delay us another day . At day - light the promised craft hove in sight , and in due time the signal was given and a skiff was seen ap- proaching the shore containing two men who informed us that the ...
... night lest it might pass , and delay us another day . At day - light the promised craft hove in sight , and in due time the signal was given and a skiff was seen ap- proaching the shore containing two men who informed us that the ...
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... nights and days , as though they had been my own sons . For eight weary days after that bloody battle I labored under the deepest anxiety and solicitude for the fate of my husband and son - both having been in the conflict . At the ...
... nights and days , as though they had been my own sons . For eight weary days after that bloody battle I labored under the deepest anxiety and solicitude for the fate of my husband and son - both having been in the conflict . At the ...
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... night intensely dark , and no water for the poor sick soldiers but what little could be gotten from the stagnant ditches on the road side . This was procured by those who were able to get out , but with great difficulty , as the night ...
... night intensely dark , and no water for the poor sick soldiers but what little could be gotten from the stagnant ditches on the road side . This was procured by those who were able to get out , but with great difficulty , as the night ...
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Page 276 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 209 - By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead: — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day, Under the one, the Blue, Under the other, the Gray. These in the robings of glory, Those in the gloom of defeat, All with the battle-blood gory, In the dusk of eternity meet: — Under the...
Page 277 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 211 - The cooling drip of the rain; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; Wet with the rain, the Blue; Wet with the rain, the Gray. Sadly, but not with upbraiding The generous deed was done ; In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won ; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; Under the blossoms, the Blue ; Under the garlands, the Gray. No more shall the war-cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red ; They banish our anger forever, When they laurel the...
Page 205 - I've been wand'ring away — To see thus around me my youth's early friends, As smiling and kind as in that happy day ? Though haply o'er some of your brows, as o'er mine, The snow-fall of time may be stealing — what then ? Like Alps in the sunset, thus lighted by wine...
Page 210 - From the silence of sorrowful hours The desolate mourners go, Lovingly laden with flowers, Alike for the friend and the foe: — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the Judgment Day: — Under the roses, the Blue; Under the lilies, the Gray.
Page 210 - Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the laurel, the Blue; Under the willow, the Gray. From the silence of sorrowful hours The desolate mourners go, Lovingly laden with flowers Alike for the friend and the foe; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the roses, the Blue; Under the lilies, the Gray.
Page 211 - Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done; In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won; — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; — Under the blossoms, the Blue; Under the garlands, the Gray. No more shall the...
Page 210 - On the blossoms blooming for all: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Broidered with gold, the Blue, Mellowed with gold, the Gray. So, when the summer calleth, On forest and field of grain, With an equal murmur falleth The cooling drip of the rain: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Wet with the rain, the Blue, Wet with the rain, the Gray. Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done, In the storm of...
Page 110 - The heart, like a tendril, accustom'd to cling, Let it grow where it will, cannot flourish alone, But will lean to the nearest and loveliest thing It can twine with itself, and make closely its own.