 | 1907 - 912 pages
...(Dedicated to the flag in our foreign possessions.) "The wife who girds her warrior's sword, 'Midst little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, She sheds a drop of blood as dear As ere bedewed the field of battle." L O,... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1911 - 364 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 the field of battle ! The... | |
 | Wisconsin History Commission - 1911 - 234 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 the field of battle! The... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1911 - 936 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 the field of battle! The... | |
 | 1911 - 72 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, Has shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle. The... | |
 | 1911 - 624 pages
...girds her husband's sword 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder Now bravely speaks the cheering words. What though her heart be rent asunder, 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?" An... | |
 | 1912 - 624 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 the field of battle! The... | |
 | Vol. P. Mooney - 1916 - 944 pages
...husband's sword 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder. And bravely speaks the cheering word, Although her heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts around him rattle, Has shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle. The mother... | |
 | Lyman Pierson Powell, Gertrude Wilson Powell - 1918 - 358 pages
...heart has shed a drop as dear As e're bedewed the field of glory ! II 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're Was poured upon the field of battle ! Ill... | |
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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... 
