 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
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - Readers - 1921 - 408 pages
...or Union, soldiers wore blue uniforms; the Southern soldiers, or Confederates, wore gray uniforms. BY THE flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead. 5 Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; Under the one, the Blue ; Under the other,... | |
 | Otis May Mather - Kentucky - 1921 - 226 pages
...returned, the great majority have since responded to the roll call of the common Army of the Dead. "By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of grave grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the Judgment... | |
 | James Albert Woodburn, Thomas Francis Moran - Biography - 1922 - 336 pages
...have been thinned with the passing years. Most of these brave men have answered their final roll call. By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...Under the one, the Blue, Under the other, the Gray. No more shall the war cry sever, Or the winding river be red; They banish our anger forever When they... | |
 | J. Warren Gilbert - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - 1922 - 182 pages
...vietory won on the soil of the Keystone State." • * • ROMANTlC AND PATHETlC lNClDENTS "Under the sod and the dew Waiting the Judgment Day ; Under the one the Blue, Under the other the Gray." HE name of Mrs. Mary W. Lee will recall to the mind of thousands of our bravo soldiers who fought in... | |
 | Benjamin F. Prince - Clark County (Ohio) - 1922 - 600 pages
...none will be left of the Civil war veterans to mark the spots : "Under the sod and the dew, awaiting the judgment day; Under the one the blue, under the other the gray." While many Clark County soldiers distinguished themselves in the Civil war, they also enkindled a flame... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - American poetry - 1923 - 552 pages
...the snow! What cares he? he cannot know: Lay him low. FRANCIS MILES FINCH 10 THE BLUE AND THE GRAY By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead : is Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the one, the Blue, Under the other,... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - American literature - 1922 - 1086 pages
...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...the robings of glory, Those in the gloom of defeat, I0 All with the battle-blood gory, In the dusk of eternity meet: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting... | |
 | United States - 1924 - 422 pages
...toward closing the breach, by placing flowers on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers alike. " By the flow of the inland river Whence the fleets of iron have fled. Where the blades of grave grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead. Under the sod and the dew Waiting the judgment... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - American poetry - 1925 - 448 pages
...of the dead — The picket's off duty forever! FRANCIS MILES FINCH (1827-1907) The Blue and the Gray 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...Mississippi, strewed (lowers alike on the graves ut the Confederate and the National soldiers.] Bv 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... | |
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