 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...  The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 328by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 505 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...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...gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. 4 A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 652 pages
...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...But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadncs*, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - Patriotic poetry, American - 1864 - 200 pages
...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...face 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!... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Calisthenics - 1864 - 434 pages
...flag met his sight. 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...blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The noble nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...Quick as it fell from the broken staff* Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; " Shoot, if yon mnst, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,"...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 1" he said. All day long, through... | |
 | E. S. S. Rouse - United States - 1864 - 346 pages
...leaned far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will : " Shoot, if yon must, the old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 422 pages
...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...will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare.your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 356 pages
...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 must, this gray old head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, and a blush of shame,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 188 pages
...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. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...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...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... | |
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