 | 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... | |
 | 1863 - 858 lehte
...shall never know her story, Пег heart ha« shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory ! The wife who girds her husband's sword 'Mid little...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... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1864 - 426 lehte
...hear The 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...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... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 lehte
...as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon a field of battle. 8. The mother who conceals her grief When to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brie£ Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - 1869 - 660 lehte
...as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! The mother who conceals her grief, While to her heart 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 —... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 lehte
...nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er 3. The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast...breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the pfttriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret G6d To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1880 - 352 lehte
...slied as sacred blood as e''er S. The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast her son slie presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow slie blesses, With no one but her secret G6d To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1880 - 352 lehte
...death around him rattle, Hath slied as sacred blood as e'er Wa§ poured upon a field of battle I 3. The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast her son slie presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow slie blesses, With... | |
 | 1890 - 436 lehte
...husband's sword, Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though lier heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams...her grief While to her breast her son she presses. 15 With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the... | |
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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... 
