 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1869 - 406 pages
...met his sight. " Halt! "—the dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Fire ! "—out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the...broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...met his sight. " Halt !" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire !" out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the...broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must,... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...'?&$&''-'' " Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast " Fire ! " — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the...broken staff. Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; « " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness,... | |
 | Floyd Baker Wilson - Dialogues - 1869 - 208 pages
...dust-brown ranks stood fast ; " Fire ! " — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shiver'd the window-pane and sash, It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatch'd the silken scarf. She lean'd far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will.... | |
 | American poetry - 1869 - 310 pages
...his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire ! " — out blazed the rifle-blast. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must,... | |
 | American poetry - 1870 - 252 pages
...— Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down. In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal...pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. She leaned far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 pages
...the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. 5. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson...and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. C. Quick as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 396 pages
...his sight. " Halt !" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast, " Fire !" — out blazed the riflleblast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the...broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; " Shoot, if you must, this gray old head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness,... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 pages
...blazed the rifle-blast. It rent the banner with seam and gash. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; Quick, as it fell from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf ; And shook it forth with a royal will. She leaned far out on the window-sill, But spare your country's... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...sight. "Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast; "Fire!"— out blazed the rifle blast. It shiver'd the window pane and sash, It rent the banner with seam and gash. She lean'd far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must,... | |
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It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned far out on the windowsill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must,... 
