The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865P. F. Collier, 1889 - 560 pages |
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... fire where he Might warm his tod or hominy ; Beyond the Cordilleras shone , And from his lips escaped a groan , Skedaddle ! " Oh ! stay , " a cullered pusson said , " An ' on dis bossom res ' your hed ! " The octoroon she winked her eye ...
... fire where he Might warm his tod or hominy ; Beyond the Cordilleras shone , And from his lips escaped a groan , Skedaddle ! " Oh ! stay , " a cullered pusson said , " An ' on dis bossom res ' your hed ! " The octoroon she winked her eye ...
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... fires of bullets and shell - for our own artillery fire from over the river was mostly too short , and did great damage to our own troops . I lay on the field for hours , the most awful moments of my life . As the balls from our line ...
... fires of bullets and shell - for our own artillery fire from over the river was mostly too short , and did great damage to our own troops . I lay on the field for hours , the most awful moments of my life . As the balls from our line ...
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... fire , About that great promotion When He says " Come up higher . " And though ' tis dismal rainy , E'en now with thoughts of Him , Camp - life looks extra cheery , And death a deal less grim . For I seem to see him waiting Where a ...
... fire , About that great promotion When He says " Come up higher . " And though ' tis dismal rainy , E'en now with thoughts of Him , Camp - life looks extra cheery , And death a deal less grim . For I seem to see him waiting Where a ...
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... fire on Irish colors , than for an American property from Friends . I was amazed at be- to fire on American colors . An ' th ' oath ' ll be holding all this , and I heard a voice proclaiming on my side , you know , Lieutenant . " This ...
... fire on Irish colors , than for an American property from Friends . I was amazed at be- to fire on American colors . An ' th ' oath ' ll be holding all this , and I heard a voice proclaiming on my side , you know , Lieutenant . " This ...
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... fire . " The Granite boys saw their dilemma , but the foremost of them pre- sented his musket , and answered , " Halt you , or we fire ! " and , at the word , both discharged their pieces . The rebel fell , his assailant was unharmed ...
... fire . " The Granite boys saw their dilemma , but the foremost of them pre- sented his musket , and answered , " Halt you , or we fire ! " and , at the word , both discharged their pieces . The rebel fell , his assailant was unharmed ...
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Page 423 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 91 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 385 - Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to be where the battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. "Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind, Like an ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eye full of fire.
Page 273 - God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life.
Page 437 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south.
Page 444 - You were always too ready to fire at a touch; But we said: "She is hasty, she does not mean much.
Page 372 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate : "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 424 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 385 - UP from the South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 417 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.