Forty flags with their silver stars, Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped in the morning wind: the sun Of noon looked down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick... Poetical Works - Page 328by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then. Bowed with her fourscore years a;iJ ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town. She took up the...Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and risiht He glanced: the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast; "Fire!"... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the...came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. 3 Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the... | |
| Joshua Rhodes Balme - 1863 - 308 pages
...Full of military ardour, the Quaker poet again shouts, " Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewell Jackson riding ahead ; Under his slouched hat left...He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. Halt ! The dust brown ranks stood fast. Fire ! Out blazed the rifle blast." What a change has come over the dreams... | |
| 1863 - 652 pages
...one. Up rose old Barbara Frcitchic then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of ¡ill in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-winduw the staff she set, To show that ouc heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel... | |
| 1864 - 356 pages
...down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the...staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced : the old flag met his sight. " Halt !"— the dust-brown... | |
| 1864 - 448 pages
...looked down and saw not one. Up rom old Barbara Fritchie then, Bowed with her foreecore years and ten. Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the...attic window the staff she set. To show that one heart wae loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his douched... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 pages
...down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the Rebel... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1864 - 422 pages
...down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel... | |
| Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 pages
...down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara.Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; . Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic-window the staff" she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel... | |
| E. S. S. Rouse - 1864 - 346 pages
...down and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down : In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet ; Up the street came the Rebel... | |
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