 | 1864 - 640 lehte
...as sacred blood as e'er Wag poured upon a field of battle. The mother 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 no one but her secret God To know the pain that... | |
 | 1861 - 674 lehte
...bolts of war around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the plain of battle ! The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast...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,... | |
 | 1863 - 858 lehte
...death around him rattle — Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle! The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast...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... | |
 | 1864 - 304 lehte
...bolts of war around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured npon the plain of battle! The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast...weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor ! ADVICE TO A STUDENT. BY CHARLES MACKAY . LET love of books,... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - 1864 - 200 lehte
...bolts of death around him rattle. Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was pour'd upon a field of battle! The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast...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... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1864 - 434 lehte
...bolts of war around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the plain of battle. The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast...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... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1864 - 426 lehte
...bolts of war around him rattle, Hath shed as aacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the plain of battle. The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast...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... | |
 | William Wallace Lyle, William W. Lyle - 1865 - 412 lehte
...bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon a field of battle I The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast...weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor! T. BUCHANAN BEAD. MINISTERING ANGELS. WE have had angel visits... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - 1865 - 194 lehte
...bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was ponr'd upon a field of battle ! The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast...weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor 1 PREFACE. IT would be unjust to introduce this volume to the... | |
 | Elizabeth Collins - 1865 - 132 lehte
...as e'er Was poured upon the plain of battle. The mother who conceals her grief, While to her heart her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words,...blood as e'er the sod Eeceived on Freedom's field of honour. I have known many women of the South go as far as to tan their own shoe-leather, and, in some... | |
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Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of... 
