 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...minstrels, liveforever! Shame onfools who have but eyes!" FRANCIS MILES FINCH. THE BLUE AND THE OKAY. 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... | |
 | Phrenology - 1887 - 480 pages
...republics have perished, and all can unite now in the following beautiful tribute to the dead heroes : " By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, , Where blades of the green grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting... | |
 | Susan E. D. Smith - United States - 1867 - 320 pages
...in the contest for might, not right, are respected as our fallen enemies who can harm us no more. " 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... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...alike on the graves of the Confederate and of the National soldiers.] 1. By the flow of the island river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep on the ranks of the dead : — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; Under the one,... | |
 | ALPHONSO A. HOPKINS - 1876 - 376 pages
...syllables so that each should understand. When he had done it, this is how it ran : THE BLUE AND THE (TRAY. 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... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...in her mother's house, And the children that laugh in the sun. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.— FM FINCH. BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...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,... | |
 | 1872 - 588 pages
...from the true altar of poesy. By the fiow of th* inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fired, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep...and the dew, Waiting the Judgment Day ; Under the laurel, the Blue; Under the other, the Gray. These in the roliings of irloiy, Those in the gloom of... | |
 | Readers - 1875 - 324 pages
...of the dead. They strewed flowers alike on the graves of the Confederate and the National soldiers. BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...ranks of the dead ; — Under the sod and the dew, 2. These in the robings of glory,' Those in the gloom of defeat, All with the battle-blood gory, In... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1875 - 400 pages
...far-famed Arlington House, surrounded by the hundreds of white headboards, where lie the nation's dead. By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets...grave-grass quiver. Asleep are the ranks of the dead. Gone are the social glories of that old ancestral home, yet fondly we trust that angels watch tenderly... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...Friend ! Guardian ! Saviour! which doth lead to thee ! days, SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES. FM PINCH. l>. SA] THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron luive fled, W here the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead; — Under... | |
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Under the one, the Blue, Under the other, the Gray. These in the robings of glory, Those in the gloom of defeat, All with the battle-blood gory, In the dusk of eternity meet : Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the... 
