 But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!  In War Time, and Other Poems - Page 61by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1864 - 152 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mark E. Neely, Jr., Harold Holzer, Gabor S. Boritt - 2000 - 300 pages
...country's flag," she said. But the next stanzas, less often quoted, celebrated Jackson's forbearance: A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face...yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. Whittier clearly meant the poem in part as a tribute to Jackson. It appeared in the Atlantic Monthly... | |
 | Stephen M. Feldman - 2000 - 288 pages
...Whittier wrote: "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face...hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said.109 Rehnquist 's somewhat bohemian conception of authoritative sources in Johnson contrasts strikingly... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face...at that woman's deed and word; "Who touches a hair on yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. All day long through Frederick street Sounded... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 pages
...with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face...came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at the woman's deed and word; "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said.... | |
 | 1908 - 804 pages
...old gray head, but spare yoqr country's flag,' she said," and it is recorded of General Jackson — " 'Who touches a hair of yon gray head, dies like a dog — march on' — he said." Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er and the general rides on his raids no more and ever the stars above... | |
 | Carmela Ciuraru - 2007 - 264 pages
...with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face...tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tossed Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that... | |
 | Michael Corcoran - 2007 - 218 pages
...forth with royal will "Shoot if you must this old gray head, But spare your country's flag, "she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face...yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. After four years, the Civil War ended with a Union victory. On Monday, April 10, 1865, the New York... | |
 | Elizabeth Peters, Kristen Whitbread - 2003 - 346 pages
...blusher, believe it or not, was Stonewall Jackson, who responded to Dame Barbara's challenge with a curt "'Who touches a hair of yon gray head, Dies like a dog! March on!' he said." They really knew how to write poetry in those days. 5. "lolanthe" by Gilbert and Sullivan. The Emersons... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face...tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tossed Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 2004 - 219 pages
...the silken scarf; "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face...came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at the woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said.... | |
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