| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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