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" 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... "
Common School Readings: Containing New Selections in Prose and Poetry for ... - Page 29
by John Swett - 1868 - 230 pages
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The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America

Donald Hall - American poetry - 1985 - 266 pages
...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;...tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved...
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The Hinge of Fate

Winston S. Churchill, Winston Churchill - Biography & Autobiography - 1986 - 956 pages
...March on,' he said. So all day long through Frederick's street Sounded the tramp of marching feet, And all day long that free flag tossed Over the heads of the rebel host." I got full marks for this from my highly select American audience, none of whom corrected my many misquotations,...
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The Constitution and the Flag: The flag salute cases

Michael Kent Curtis - Law - 1993 - 704 pages
...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:...tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved...
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The Rackham Journal of the Arts and Humanities, Volume 2, Issues 1-4

Arts - 1980 - 538 pages
...Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, / But spare your country's flag,' she said." Jackson responds: " Who touches a hair of yon gray head / Dies like a dog! March on!' he said." Whittier's repetition (though there is an intervening stanza) models public discourse shared by private...
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The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry

Jay Parini - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 788 pages
...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;...tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved...
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Famous Poems from Bygone Days

Martin Gardner - Literary Collections - 1995 - 212 pages
...said. A shade of sadness, a hlush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nohler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon grey head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. All day long through Frederick street Sounded the tread...
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Nineteenth-Century American Poetry

Various - Poetry - 1996 - 496 pages
...sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred 40 To life at that woman's deed and word; "Who touches...Frederick street Sounded the tread of marching feet: 45 All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and...
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The Book of Virtues for Young People: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories

William J. Bennett - Juvenile Fiction - 1997 - 392 pages
...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 on yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. All day long through Frederick street Sounded...
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Maryland Wits and Baltimore Bards: A Literary History with Notes on ...

Frank R. Shivers - History - 1998 - 348 pages
...But spare your country's flag . . . '" At that, Jackson's nobler nature stirred, and he commanded, '"Who touches a hair of yon gray head / Dies like a dog! March on!..."' Such songs as that give us the passion of the Civil War. Many others give us the sadness, and of these...
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The Confederate Image: Prints of the Lost Cause

Mark E. Neely, Jr., Harold Holzer, Gabor S. Boritt - Design - 2000 - 300 pages
...forbearance: 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:...yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. Whittier clearly meant the poem in part as a tribute to Jackson. It appeared in the Atlantic Monthly...
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