It shivered the window, pane 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 on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. ' Shoot, if you... American Poetry - Page 265by Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 721 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell from the broken staff Dame Barbara...with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old grey head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 pages
...the rifle blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. C. Quick as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara...head, — But spare your country's flag !" she said. 7. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within... | |
| John Dudley Philbrick - 1870 - 636 pages
...silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal wilL " Shrx.it , if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's...him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on ! " he said. All day long through... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 pages
...window pane and sash, It rent the banner with seam and gash. She lean'd far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if...of the leader came : The nobler nature within him stirr'd To life at that woman's deed and word. "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog... | |
| 1870 - 252 pages
...far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this gray old head; But spare your country's flag! " she said. A...him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word. " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on ! " he said. All day long, through... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the tenner with seam and gash. flower thit wets Its mother's face natnre within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : "Who touches a hair of yon gray head... | |
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1871 - 342 pages
...blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara...gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. vn. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within... | |
| Mary Stephens Robinson - 1871 - 228 pages
...far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. ' Shoot, if you must, this old grey head ; But spare your country's flag ! ' she said,...him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word. ' Who touches a hair of you grey head, Dies like a-dog : March on,' he said. All day long through Frederick... | |
| 1872 - 710 pages
...blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. ; Trust not its rocks again, Earthquake is there....; Trust not that rose again, Blighting is there. " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on !" he said. All day long through Frederick... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 pages
...blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick as it fell, from the broken staff, Dame Barbara...him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. All day long through Frederick... | |
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