 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 Atlantic Monthly - Page 2151867Full view - About this book
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1879 - 362 pages
...1. Boreas is the name which the ancient Greeks gave to the north wind. LVIII. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. 'BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...Under the one, the Blue; Under the other, the Gray. 2. These, in the robings of glory, Those, in the gloom of defeat, All, with the battle-blood gory,... | |
 | Alphonso Alva Hopkins - American poetry - 1879 - 384 pages
...it ran : • THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron had fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver....the ranks of the dead :— Under the sod and the dew ; Waitingthe judgment day; Under the one, the Blue ; Under the other, the Gray. These in the robings... | |
 | William Gordon McCabe - Ballads - 1879 - 170 pages
...Decoration Day, strewed flowers qlike on the graves of the Confederate and of the National •oldiera.] By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the hlades of the grave-grass qniver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting... | |
 | Readers - 1880 - 404 pages
...the dead. They strewed flowers alike on the graves of the Confederate and of the National soldiers.I By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...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,... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 208 pages
...and union, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE! —Daniel Webster. CXLV.—THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...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,... | |
 | Michigan. Adjutant-General's Department - Michigan - 1880 - 1062 pages
...in action, died of wonnds 21 men, and of disease six officers and 470 men, beiug 542 of a total. " By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of new grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead." KOTE. From the Rebellion Record: "An officer with... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...Columbus, Mississippi, strewed flowers alike on aves of the Confederate and the National soldiers. J ÎY lls of Maryland. Round about them orchards sweep, Apple and peach iVhere the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead ; — Under the sod and... | |
 | John F. Cowan - New York Infantry. 71St Regiment (Militia) 1852 - 1881 - 152 pages
...and, with his great good nature, he urged Jep's release and forgiveness. CHAPTER X. ACROSS THE CHASM. "By the flow of the inland river Whence the fleets of iron have fle I, Where the blades of green grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead ; Under the sod and... | |
 | Grundy County (Mo.) - 1881 - 760 pages
...beautiful tribute of Francis Miles Finch, at Arlington : HISTORY OF GRDNDY COUNTY. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron had fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead; Under the sod... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...wealth for all, the glory thine, 0 memory of heroic souls ! GBOBQI BANCROFT GRIFFITH. Bine onb tljc BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...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,... | |
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