 | 1864 - 640 pages
...who conceals her grief, When to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words aud brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, With...e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor. THE ANGELS IN THK HOUSE. THEKE pairs of dimpled arms, as white as soon, Held me in soft embrace ; Three... | |
 | 1861 - 674 pages
...poured upon the plain of battle ! The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief,...weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Beccivcd on Freedom's field of honor ! From The London Review. THE WEAKNESS OF GIANTS. MYTHOLOGY, tradition,... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1863 - 288 pages
...shed as sacred blood as e'er III. The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief,...e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor ! Within its shade of elm and oak The church of Berkley Manor stood : There Sunday found the rural... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1863 - 288 pages
...shed as sacred blood as e'er III. The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief,...weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Eeceived on Freedom's field of honor ! Within its shade of elm and oak The church of Berkley Manor... | |
 | 1863 - 858 pages
...her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief iftssing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs npon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Keceived on Freedom's field of honor." Edgar's father leaves... | |
 | 1864 - 304 pages
...poured npon the plain of battle! The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief,...e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor ! ADVICE TO A STUDENT. BY CHARLES MACKAY . LET love of books, and love of fields, And love of men combine,... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1864 - 434 pages
...to her breast her son she presses Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot now she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know...upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Received in Freedom's field of honor. I need not dwell on the parting scene. 'Tis too fresh, too much a matter... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - 1864 - 200 pages
...Was pour'd upon a field of battle! The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief,...patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret Qod To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod PREFACE. IT would be unjust... | |
 | 1864 - 876 pages
...battle for his country, " When no one but her secret God Could know the pain that weighed upon her, Shed holy blood as e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor ?" How many such sad histories have swelled the list of sacrifices ih this war! How many hearts and... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1864 - 426 pages
...poured upon the plain of battle. The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast her son she presses Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot now she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood... | |
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The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er... 
