 She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth 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 of the leader came; The nobler nature within...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2071863Full view - About this book
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 pages
...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 of the leader came;...dog ! March on !" he said. — All day long through Frederick-street sounded the tread of marching feet : all day long that free flag toss'd over the heads... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 536 pages
...nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word; COBBLER KEEZAR'S VISION. 3z9 " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog...Sounded the tread of marching feet : All day long that free flag tost Ov^r the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds... | |
 | Thomas John Chew Williams, Folger McKinsey - 1967 - 1870 pages
...gray head, But »pare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame. Over ike face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word. "Wko touches ti hair of yon gray head Diet like a dog! March on !" he said. All dijr long through Frederick... | |
 | Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 pages
..."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 of the leader came;...Sounded the tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds... | |
 | Michael Kent Curtis - 1993 - 704 pages
...'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 of the leader came;...Sounded the tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds... | |
 | Richard Marius - 1994 - 592 pages
..."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 of the leader came;...Sounded the 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... | |
 | 1980 - 538 pages
...Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, / But spare your country's flag,' she said." Jackson responds: " Who touches a hair of yon gray head / Dies like a dog! March on!' he said." Whittier's repetition (though there is an intervening stanza) models public discourse shared by private... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 pages
..."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 of the leader came;...Sounded the tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 pages
...flag!" she said. A shade of sadness, a hlush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nohler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon grey head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. All day long through Frederick street Sounded the tread... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 pages
..."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 of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred 40 To life at that woman's deed and word; "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March... | |
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