 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 514 pages
...heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory. The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death" around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon a field of battle. The... | |
 | 1884 - 248 pages
...that their country might live." "The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word — What...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon a field of battle! "The... | |
 | Francis Marion McAdams - 1884 - 416 pages
...their country might live." " The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word — What...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon a field of battle! "The... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 524 pages
...heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory. The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder 1 Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death " around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred... | |
 | 1890 - 436 pages
...heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory ! The wife who girds her husband's sword, Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though lier heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle,... | |
 | Union Publishing Company - 1884 - 818 pages
...ever dewed the field of glory. The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word What though her heart be rent asunder — Doomed nightlv in her dreams, to hear The bolts of war around him rattle, Ha» abed as sacred blood as e'er... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 352 pages
...fame shall never know her story. Her heart has shed a drop as dear The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! The... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 362 pages
...fame shall never know her story, Her heart has shed a drop as dear The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! The... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pages
...heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory! The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep or wonder. And bravely...speaks the cheering word. What though her heart be reut asunder, The mother who conceals her grief. While to her breast her son she presses. Then breathes... | |
 | 1900 - 544 pages
...her husband's sword Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word E'en though her heart be rent asunder; Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Sheds holy blood as e'er was shed On freedom's gory field of battle. The mother... | |
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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... 
