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Page 59
On that pleasant morn of the early fall When Lee marched over the mountain wall
,Over the mountains winding down , Horse and foot , into Frederick town . Forty
flags with their silver stars , Forty flags with their crimson bars , Flapped in the ...
On that pleasant morn of the early fall When Lee marched over the mountain wall
,Over the mountains winding down , Horse and foot , into Frederick town . Forty
flags with their silver stars , Forty flags with their crimson bars , Flapped in the ...
Page 62
Over Barbara Frietchie's grave Flag of Freedom and Union , wave ! Peace and
order and beauty draw Round thy symbol of light and law ; And ever the stars
above look down On thy stars below in Frederick town ! PRESS HOME BALLADS
.
Over Barbara Frietchie's grave Flag of Freedom and Union , wave ! Peace and
order and beauty draw Round thy symbol of light and law ; And ever the stars
above look down On thy stars below in Frederick town ! PRESS HOME BALLADS
.
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But the mighty forest was broken By many a steepled town , By many a white -
walled farm - house , And many a garner brown . Turning a score of mill - wheels
, The stream no more ran free ; White sails on the winding river , White sails on
the ...
But the mighty forest was broken By many a steepled town , By many a white -
walled farm - house , And many a garner brown . Turning a score of mill - wheels
, The stream no more ran free ; White sails on the winding river , White sails on
the ...
Page 75
Would they own the graceless town , With never a ranter to worry And never a
witch to drown ? " Loud laughed the cobbler Keezar , Laughed like a school - boy
gay ; Tossing his arms above him , The lapstone rolled away . It rolled down the ...
Would they own the graceless town , With never a ranter to worry And never a
witch to drown ? " Loud laughed the cobbler Keezar , Laughed like a school - boy
gay ; Tossing his arms above him , The lapstone rolled away . It rolled down the ...
Page 82
Its faded picture , dimly smiling down From the blurred fresco of the ancient town ,
I have not touched with warmer tints in vain , If , in this dark , sad year , it steals
one thought from pain . HER fingers shame the ivory keys They dance so light ...
Its faded picture , dimly smiling down From the blurred fresco of the ancient town ,
I have not touched with warmer tints in vain , If , in this dark , sad year , it steals
one thought from pain . HER fingers shame the ivory keys They dance so light ...
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| Title | In War Time, and Other Poems |
| Author | John Greenleaf Whittier |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1864 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 29 Apr 2014 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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