 | 1875 - 860 pages
...the order of LIT JKI i. AG*v. LEXINGTON, 1775. No maddening thirst of blood had they, No battle-joy was theirs who set Against the alien bayonet Their homespun breasts in that old day. Their feet had trodden peaceful ways, They loved not strife, they dreaded pain, They saw not, what... | |
 | Lexington (Mass.) - 1875 - 198 pages
...mid-furrow, standing stil. ; The half-ground corn-grist in the mill The spade in earth, the axe in cleft. They went where duty seemed to call ; They scarcely asked the reason why : They only knew thgy could but die, And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by... | |
 | Lexington (Mass.) - 1875 - 198 pages
...POEM BY JOHN G. WHITTIEK. LEXINGTON — 1775. No maddening thirst for blood had they, No battle-joy was theirs who set Against the alien bayonet Their homespun breasts in that old day. Their feet had trodden peaceful ways, They loved not strife, they dreaded pain ; They saw not, what... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1875 - 196 pages
...Whittier, was sung by the Boylston Club :— No maddening thirst for blood had they, No battle-joy was theirs who set Against the alien bayonet Their homespun breasts in that old day. Their feet had trodden peaceful ways, They loved not strife, they dreaded pain; They saw not, what... | |
 | 1875 - 782 pages
...me, back her! " Mark Ticain. LEXINGTON. 1775. No maddening thirst of blood had they, No battle-joy was theirs, who set Against the alien bayonet Their homespun. breasts in that old day. Their feet had trodden peaceful. ways; They loved not strife, they dreaded pain; They saw not, what... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1875 - 584 pages
...do or die. 0. W. Cmrtu. CCXCI. LEXINGTON— 1775. maddening thirst for blood had they, No battle-joy was theirs who set Against the alien bayonet Their homespun breasts in that old day. Swift as the summons came they left The plow mid-furrow standing still. The half-ground corngrist in... | |
 | Newton (Mass.) - 1876 - 208 pages
...thirty-eight pupils of the Newton High School, representing the thirty-eight States of the Republic. " They went where duty seemed to call ; They scarcely...could but die, And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood save theirs, they gave : The flowers that blossomed... | |
 | Stephen Bromley McCracken - 1876 - 714 pages
...the greater portion is given: LEXINGTON 1775. No maddening thirst for blood had they, No battle-joy was theirs who set Against the alien bayonet Their homespun breasts, in that old day. No seers were they, but simple men ; Its vast results the future hid ; The meaning of the work they... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1877 - 364 pages
...yea, and life itself, in support of the common cause." The men of Lexington kept their vow : — " They went where duty seemed to call: They scarcely...could but die; And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood save theirs, they gave. The flowers that blossomed... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1877 - 362 pages
...yea, and life itself, in support of the common cause." The men of Lexington kept their vow : — " They went where duty seemed to call: They scarcely asked the reason why; They only knew they coulJ but die; And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood... | |
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No Berserk thirst of blood had they, No battle-joy was theirs, who set Against the alien bayonet Their homespun breasts in that old day. Their feet had trodden peaceful ways ; They loved not strife, they dreaded pain ; They saw not, what to us is plain,... 
