 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. "Halt!  Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 242by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 413 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1863 - 652 pages
..."—out-blazed the rifle-blast It shivered the window, pane, and «ash ; It rent the banner with scam and gosh. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned fir <mt on the window-sill, And shook it furth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...the street 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 dust-brown ranks stood fast. u Fire ! " — out blazed the rifle-blast It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...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. "...broken staff* Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; " Shoot, if yon mnst, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness,... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - Patriotic poetry, American - 1864 - 200 pages
...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. 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.... | |
 | E. S. S. Rouse - United States - 1864 - 346 pages
...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. "...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... | |
 | Agriculture - 1864 - 448 pages
...riflo blast. U shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent thebfiuner with seam and gaah. t Quick, KJ it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned for out on the window sill, And shook it forth with u royal will. " Shoot, If von must, this gray old... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...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. "Halt!"...snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, — But... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - Patriotism - 1865 - 194 pages
...Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouch'd hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt...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... | |
 | Theodor S Fay - 1865 - 168 pages
...Up the street cam,e the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouch'd hat left and right He glanced: the old flag met his sight. „Halt!"...fast; „Fire!" — out blazed the rifle-blast. It shiver'd the window-pane and sash, It rent the banner with seam aiul gash. Quick, äs it feil from... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 352 pages
...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. " Halt...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,... | |
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