I laid my finger on her lips, and set the child to playing. Poor Blanche! the winter in her cheek was snowy like her name! What could she do but kneel and pray, — and linger at her praying? O Christ! when other heroes die, moan other wives the same?... The Sexton's Tale: And Other Poems - Page 64by Theodore Tilton - 1867 - 173 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1862 - 586 pages
...and pray, and • linger at her praying? 0 Christ ! when other heroes die, moan other wives the same? Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the cause from failing ? God pity our brave lovers when they face the battle's blaze! And pity wives made widows! — shall it all i,e unavailing? —... | |
| Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...pray, — and linger at her praying ? O Christ ! when other heroes die, moan other wives the same ? Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the Cause...Freedom first, then Peace ! — and unto Thee be praise 1 /~iUR flag on the land and our flag on the ocean, ^"^ An angel of peace wheresoever it goes ; Nobly... | |
| 1864 - 356 pages
...her praying ? O Christ ! when other heroes die, moan other wives the same ? Must other women's heart yet break, to keep the Cause from failing ? God pity...Freedom first, then Peace ! — and unto Thee be praise ! THE SOLDIEE'S DEEAM OF HOME. BY CAROLINE A. MASON. You have put the children to bed, Alice, — Maud... | |
| Frank Moore - 1864 - 354 pages
...pray, — and linger at her praying ? O Christ! when other heroes die, moan other wives the same ? Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the Cause...wives in widowhood ! — But is it unavail.ing? O THE DEFENDERS. BY THOMAS BUCHANAN EEAD. UR flag on the land and our flag on the ocean, An angel of... | |
| Frank Moore - 1867 - 602 pages
...pray ? — and linger at her praying ? O Christ, when other heroes die, moan other wives the same .? Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the cause...pity wives in widowhood ! — But is it unavailing? ANECDOTES, POETRY, AND INCIDENTS. AN INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE FIELD. — A writer in the " Congregationalist"... | |
| Frank Moore - 1867 - 620 pages
...die, moan other wives the some ? Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the cause from foiling ? God pity our brave lovers then, who face the battle's...pity wives in widowhood ! — But is it unavailing? AN INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE FIELD. — A writer in the " Congregationalist" tells this : — Returning,... | |
| Frank Moore - 1882 - 590 pages
...pray? — and linger at her praying ? O Christ, when other heroes die, moan other wives the same ? Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the cause...face the battle's blaze ! And pity wives in widowhood I — But is it unavailing? O Lord, give Freedom first, then Pence, — and unto Thee be praise! AN... | |
| Frank Moore - 1882 - 594 pages
...pray? — and linger at her praying ? O Christ, when oilier heroes die, moan other wives the same ? Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the cause from failing 1 God pity our brave lovers then, who face the battle's blnze 1 And pity wives in widowhood ! — But... | |
| Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 362 pages
...snowy like her name ! What could she do but kneel and pray — and linger at her praying ? . . . . Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the Cause...Freedom first, then Peace ! — and unto Thee be praise ! THEODORE TILTON. "OUR LEFT." [Afanassas, August 30, 1862.] FROM dawn to dark they stood That long... | |
| Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 352 pages
...snowy like her name ! What could she do but kneel and pray — and linger at her praying ? . . . . Must other women's hearts yet break, to keep the Cause...pity wives in widowhood ! — But is it unavailing? give Freedom first, then Peace ! — and unto Thee be praise ! THEODORE TILTON. ing? O Lord ! "OUR... | |
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