 | Edwin B. Houghton - United States - 1866 - 360 pages
...his sight. ' Halt !' — the dust-brown ranks stood fast, 1 Fire !' — out blazed the rifle blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the...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 old gray head, But spare... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 368 pages
...Jackson 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...and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must,... | |
 | Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - Readers - 1866 - 204 pages
...Halt!"—the dust-brown ranks stood fast; "Fire!"—out blazed the rifle-blast. It shiver' d the window-pane and sash, It rent the banner with seam 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 a royal will.... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 pages
...Jackson 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...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... | |
 | Linus Pierpont Brockett, Mary C. Vaughan - Bookbinding - 1867 - 864 pages
...Jackson 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...window, pane and sash : It rent the banner with seam and gosh. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far... | |
 | Linus Pierpont Brockett - United States - 1867 - 858 pages
...Jackson riding ahead. Under his slonched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. "Halt!" — the dust-brown ranks stood fast, " Fire...the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and Rash : It rent the banuer with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...sight. 14. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. « Fire !"— out blazed the rifle-blast. 15. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. 16. Quick as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; 17. She leaned... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...sight. 14. " Halt ! "—the dust-brown ranks stood fast, " Fire !"— out blazed the rifle-blast. 15. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. 16. Quick as it fell from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; 17. She leaned... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 pages
...Jackson 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...broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,— But spare your country's flag !" she said. A shade of... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...his sight. " Halt I " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast. " Fire 1 " — out blazed the rifle blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the...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... | |
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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... 
