tis heard, Not a mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow. Whether for weal or woe ; Glad to breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death... Littell's Living Age - Page v1863Full view - About this book
| John Raymond Howard - 1905 - 350 lehte
...mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow....Scourges and shackles strong Never shall do them wrong. O, to the living few, Soldiers, be just and true ! Hail them as comrades tried ; Fight with them side... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 352 lehte
...a mere party shout: They gave their spirits out; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...This was what " freedom " lent To the black regiment. 65 Hundreds on hundreds fell ; But they are resting well ; Scourges and shackles strong Never shall... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - 1901 - 768 lehte
...mere party shout :' They gave their spirits out ; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...Scourges and shackles strong Never shall do them wrong. O, to the living few, Soldiers, be just and true ! Hail them as comrades tried ; Fight with them side... | |
| 1913 - 620 lehte
...mere party shout : They gave their spirits out ; Trusting their end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...Though on the lips of death. Praying — alas! in vain! — 348 That they might fall again, So they could once more see That burst to liberty! This was what... | |
| Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson - 1920 - 332 lehte
...shout: They gave their spirits out; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blow, Whether for weal or woe; Glad to breathe one...Scourges and shackles strong Never shall do them wrong. O to the living few, Soldiers, be just and true! Hail them as comrades tried; Fight with them side... | |
| Addie W. Hunton, Kathryn Magnolia Johnson - 1920 - 340 lehte
...Hindenburg Line, at Soissons. 5. Dead Man's Hill. 6. French Flame Throwers. 7. Burying German Dead. Glad to strike one free blow, Whether for weal or...breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death; Praying—alas! in vain!— That they might fall again So they could once more see That burst to liberty!... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 lehte
...mere party shout: They gave their spirits out ; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...This was what " freedom " lent To the black regiment. 6s Hundreds-on hundreds fell ; But they are resting well ; Scourges, and shackles strong Never shall... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 lehte
...mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...But they are resting well ; Scourges and shackles stronf,' Never shall do them wrong. POEMS OF PATRIOTISM AND FREEDOM. O, to the living few, Soldiers,... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - 1901 - 758 lehte
...mere party shout : They gave their spirits out ; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...Scourges and shackles strong Never shall do them wrong. O, to the living few, Soldiers, be just and true ! Hail them as comrades tried ; Fight with them side... | |
| 1913 - 624 lehte
...mere party shout: They gave their spirits out ; Trusting their end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow....Scourges and shackles strong Never shall do them wrong. The Blue and the Gray BY FRANCIS M. FINCH. Called forth by the act of some Confederate women at Nashville.... | |
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