| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...her 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...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
...her 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...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...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... | |
| Joshua Rhodes Balme - Freed persons - 1863 - 308 pages
...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... | |
| 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...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... | |
| 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...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,... | |
| 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...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... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 188 pages
...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...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,... | |
| United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...her 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 one heart was loyal yet. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt !"— the dust-brown... | |
| Agriculture - 1864 - 448 pages
...her foreecore 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 one heart wae loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his douched... | |
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