 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...fourscore years 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...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!"... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...fourscore years 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...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... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 652 pages
...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...riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flng met his sight. " Halt ! " — th? dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire ! "—out-blazed... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 188 pages
...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. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned far out... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. 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. Quick, as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out... | |
 | E. S. S. Rouse - United States - 1864 - 346 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...riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right, He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt !" the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire !" out blazed... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Calisthenics - 1864 - 434 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...riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. Quick, as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 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...riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right, He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire !''—... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 422 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...riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire ! "... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...fourscore years 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...riding ahead. Under his slouched hat, left and right, He glanced : the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. '« Fire !" —... | |
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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! 
