 twill live in song and story, Though its folds are in the dust : For its fame on brightest pages, Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages — Furl its folds though now we must. Furl that Banner, softly, slowly ! Treat it gently —...  The University of Texas Record - Page 3461900Full view - About this book
 | Richard R. Hancock - 1887 - 700 pages
...pages. Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages. Furl its folds though now we must. Furl that banner softly, slowly; Treat it gently;...there, furled forever, For its people's hopes are dead." 567 ROLLS OF HONOR. SECOND TENNESSEE CAVALRY. Colonel CR Barteau, w. four times.* Lieutenant-Colonel... | |
 | 1888 - 572 pages
...theirs entwined dissever, Till that flag should float forever O'er their freedom or their grave. " Furl that banner, softly, slowly ; Treat it gently,...above the dead. Touch it not, unfold it never, Let it drop there, furled forever, For its people's hopes are dead." Not that I loved that flag. No, indeed.... | |
 | George Cary Eggleston - 1889 - 318 pages
...Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages — Furl its folds though now we must ! Furl that Banner, softly, slowly ; Treat it gently...furled forever, — For its people's hopes are fled. [Southern.] SOMEBODY'S DARLING. BY MARIA 1<A CONTE. INTO a ward of the whitewashed halls Where the... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Willard - 1889 - 808 pages
...theirs entwined dissever, Till that flag should float forever O'er their freedom or their grave. " Furl that banner, softly, slowly; Treat it gently,...there, furled forever, For its people's hopes are dead." Not that I loved that flag. No, brothers. I loved the slave too well not to desire its downfall... | |
 | Judith White McGuire - 1889 - 380 pages
...Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages — Furl its folds tho' now we must. Furl that Banner, softly, slowly ! Treat it gently...Touch it not — unfold it never, Let it droop there, furl it forever, For its people's hopes are dead ! EXTRACTS. A FEW EXTRACTS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS OF... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Dickison - 1890 - 302 pages
...Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages — Furl its folds, though now we must. Furl that banner, softly, slowly, Treat it gently, it is holy, For it droops above our dead. Touch it not, unfold it never, Let it droop there, furled forever, For its people's hopes... | |
 | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Goodridge Bliss Roberts - 1891 - 796 pages
...Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages — Furl its folds though now we must. Furl that Banner, softly, slowly ! Treat it gently...dead. Touch it not — unfold it never, Let it droop then, furled for ever, For its people's hopes are dead ! CSA Do we weep for the heroes who died for... | |
 | Ermine Owen - 1891 - 306 pages
...Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages: Furl its folds though now \ve must. Furl that banner — softly — slowly — Treat it...the dead ! Touch it not — unfold it never ! Let it drop there — furled forever, For its people's hopes are dead. ROBERT E. LEE. When the future historian... | |
 | Denis Oliver Crowley - 1892 - 466 pages
...Penned by poets and by sages — Shall go sounding down the ages, Furl its folds though now we must. Furl that Banner, softly, slowly! Treat it gently...there, furled forever, For its people's hopes are dead! LINES— 1875. " Why does your poetry sound like a sigh." — Letter to Father Ryan. Go down... | |
 | Lizzie Cary Daniel - 1893 - 292 pages
...dust; For its fame on brightest pages, Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages, Furl that banner! softly, slowly, Treat it gently...there, furled forever, For its people's hopes are dead. FOLD IT UP CAREFULLY. A REPLY TO "THE CONQUERED BANNER." BY SIR HENRY HOUGHTON, BART., OF ENGLAND.... | |
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