Personal and Political BalladsFrank Moore G.P. Putnam, 1864 - 368 pages |
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... things at the passers - by- Let me alone , for I've got your tin And lots of other traps snugly in— Let me alone , I'm riggin a boat To grab votever you've got afloat- In a veck or so I expects to come And ALL WE ASK IS TO BE LET ALONE ...
... things at the passers - by- Let me alone , for I've got your tin And lots of other traps snugly in— Let me alone , I'm riggin a boat To grab votever you've got afloat- In a veck or so I expects to come And ALL WE ASK IS TO BE LET ALONE ...
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... thing for the best to go astray ; Some wrong there was on either part , I do not doubt at all— There are two sides to a quarrel , be it great or be it small ! But yet , when South - Carolina laid her sacrilegious hand On the altar of a ...
... thing for the best to go astray ; Some wrong there was on either part , I do not doubt at all— There are two sides to a quarrel , be it great or be it small ! But yet , when South - Carolina laid her sacrilegious hand On the altar of a ...
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... and cloudless , the moon was large and bright ; At six o'clock the drum beat to call us to parade , And not a man suspected the plan that had been laid . But the first thing a soldier learns is that he DECEMBER TWENTY - SIXTH , 1910. 11.
... and cloudless , the moon was large and bright ; At six o'clock the drum beat to call us to parade , And not a man suspected the plan that had been laid . But the first thing a soldier learns is that he DECEMBER TWENTY - SIXTH , 1910. 11.
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Frank Moore. But the first thing a soldier learns is that he must obey , And that when an order's given he has not a word to say ; So when told to man the boats , not a question did we ask , But silently , yet eagerly , began our hurried ...
Frank Moore. But the first thing a soldier learns is that he must obey , And that when an order's given he has not a word to say ; So when told to man the boats , not a question did we ask , But silently , yet eagerly , began our hurried ...
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... thing- There was one in the style of Blondel- " O Cotton ! O our king ! " It was a gloomy progress - no shouts or waving of palms— They chanted De Profundis and the Penitential Psalms , Or a verse of Dies Irae by way of a little va ...
... thing- There was one in the style of Blondel- " O Cotton ! O our king ! " It was a gloomy progress - no shouts or waving of palms— They chanted De Profundis and the Penitential Psalms , Or a verse of Dies Irae by way of a little va ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN arms band banner battle Beauregard Belle Missouri BEN BUTLER beneath Bill Russell bless blood blow boys brave Bull Run Cotton cried curse dare dark dear dread dream Esquire eyes fear fell fight fillibustero fire flag Fort Sumter Freedom gallant glory guns hand Hark Harry Lee Hats hear heard heart heaven hempen cravat hero hill Isham Jefferson Jefferson D John Bull King King Cotton land Lero Lilliburlero Lincoln loyal Manassas Maryland Mason McClellan mighty MUDSILLS nation never night niversal nigger-cotton-gin noble Number o'er patriot pride rebel says old Uncle shame shore shout Slidell soldier soul Southern stand Stars and Stripes stood storm strike Sumter sword tardy George tears tell thee thing thou thunder to-day traitors treason Twas Uncle Abe Union voice wait wave Yankee Doodle Yankee Doodle Dandy Zouave
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Page 24 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Page 331 - We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more ! If you look across the hill-tops that meet the northern sky, Long moving lines of rising dust your vision may descry ; And now the wind, an instant, tears the cloudy veil aside, And floats aloft our spangled flag in glory and in pride, And bayonets in the sunlight gleam, and bands brave music pour : We are coming, Father Abraham...
Page 182 - This day we fashion Destiny, our web of Fate we spin ; This day for all hereafter choose we holiness or sin; Even now from starry Gerizim, or Ebal's cloudy crown, We call the dews of blessing or the bolts of cursing down...
Page 103 - EIGHTY years have passed, and more, Since under the brave old tree Our fathers gathered in arms, and swore They would follow the sign their banners bore, And fight till the land was free.
Page 122 - In vain the bells of war shall ring Of triumphs and revenges, While still is spared the evil thing That severs and estranges. But blest the ear That yet shall hear The jubilant bell That rings the knell Of Slavery forever...
Page 330 - THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more, From Mississippi's winding stream and from New England's shore; We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear; We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before: We are coming*, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more...
Page 88 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 252 - s like the rest," sez he : " When all is done, it 's number one Thet 's nearest to JB, Ez wal ez you an...
Page 251 - Would it jest meet your views, John, To wait an' sue their heirs ? Ole Uncle S. sez he,
Page 3 - There sot an old cove in the dark .and damp, And at everybody as passed that road A stick or a stone this old cove throwed. And venever he flung his stick or his stone, He'd set up a song of