 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.  Favorite Poems - Page 55by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...up the flag the men hauled down. 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 risiht He glanced: the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast; "Fire!"... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 652 pages
...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 tread, Stonewall...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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...up the flag the men hauled down ; 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. 3 Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 422 pages
...up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall...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... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-window the staff" she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall...and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick as it fell from the broken staff* Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; " Shoot, if yon mnst,... | |
 | 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...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
...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 :...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
...up the flag the men hauled down : In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet ; Up the street came the Rebel tread, Stonewall...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... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Calisthenics - 1864 - 434 pages
...up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the Rebel tread, Stonewall...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... | |
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