 In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight.  Hoekzema's Gleanings from English Poetry - Sida 296efter David Hoekzema - 1893 - 334 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sidor
...a;iJ ten; 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...Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and risiht He glanced: the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast; "Fire!"... | |
 | 1863 - 652 sidor
...She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-winduw the staff she set, To show that ouc heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel...his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flng met his sight. " Halt ! " — th? dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire ! "—out-blazed the rifle-blast... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 sidor
...and ten ; 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...came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. 3 Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - 1863 - 308 sidor
...Full of military ardour, the Quaker poet again shouts, " Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewell Jackson riding ahead ; Under his slouched hat left...He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. Halt ! The dust brown ranks stood fast. Fire ! Out blazed the rifle blast." What a change has come over the dreams... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1864 - 422 sidor
...; 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...and gash. 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... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 sidor
.... 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...and gash. Quick as it fell from the broken staff* Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; " Shoot, if yon mnst, this old gray head, But spare your country's... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1864 - 188 sidor
...fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down ; Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson...and gash. 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... | |
 | 1864 - 356 sidor
...the men hauled down ; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced :...and gash. 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... | |
 | E. S. S. Rouse - 1864 - 346 sidor
...; 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...dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire !" out blazed the rifle blast, It shivered the window, pane and sash, It rent the banner with seam and gash ; Quick as... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 sidor
...; 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...and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. Quick, as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned far out... | |
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