 | Genealogy - 1908 - 804 pages
...old gray head, but spare yoqr country's flag,' she said," and it is recorded of General Jackson — " 'Who touches a hair of yon gray head, dies like a dog — march on' — he said." Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er and the general rides on his raids no more and ever the stars above... | |
 | Michael Corcoran - History - 2007 - 218 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:...yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. After four years, the Civil War ended with a Union victory. On Monday, April 10, 1865, the New York... | |
 | Elizabeth Peters, Kristen Whitbread - Fiction - 2003 - 346 pages
...blusher, believe it or not, was Stonewall Jackson, who responded to Dame Barbara's challenge with a curt "'Who touches a hair of yon gray head, Dies like a dog! March on!' he said." They really knew how to write poetry in those days. 5. "lolanthe" by Gilbert and Sullivan. The Emersons... | |
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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... 
