 Was poured upon the field of battle ! The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast 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...  Southwestern Journal of Education - Page 301890Full view - About this book
 | 1861 - 674 pages
...husband'« sword, '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 war around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the plain of battle ! The... | |
 | 1863 - 858 pages
...sword '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...her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief iftssing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1863 - 288 pages
...husband's sword, 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...around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er III. The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - 1864 - 200 pages
...weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder, Doom'd nightly in her dreams to hear The 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 her son she presses,... | |
 | 1864 - 300 pages
...husband's sword, 'Mid littN- onus who weep or wonder, And gravely speakAhe cheering word. What though her heart be rent asunder — Doomed nightly In her dreams to hear The bolts of war around him rattle. Hath shed at sacred blood as e'nr Was poured upon the field of battle. The mother... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1864 - 426 pages
...sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though-her heart be rent asunder— Doomed nightly in her dreams to 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... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1864 - 424 pages
...sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder — Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of war around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the plain of battle. The mother... | |
 | 1864 - 304 pages
...word, What though her heart be rent asunder — Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The 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 her son she presses,... | |
 | William Wallace Lyle, William W. Lyle - 1865 - 412 pages
...weep or wonder And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder, Doom'd nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around...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 her son she presses, Then... | |
 | Elizabeth Collins - 1865 - 132 pages
...sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering words, What though her heart be rent asunder — Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of war around him rattle, Has shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the plain of battle. The mother... | |
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