The Southern War Poetry of the Civil WarHershey Press, 1918 - 192 páginas |
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Página 55 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Página 34 - Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous noninterference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.
Página 44 - A Yank, with loaded gun, keeps me in sight. A thousand weary miles now stretch between My love and I. To her this wintry night, cold, calm, serene, I waft a sigh, And hope with all my earnestness of soul, To-morrow's mail may bring me my parole. There's hope ahead ! we'll one day meet again, My love and I. We'll wipe away all tears of sorrow then ; Her love-lit eye Will all my many troubles then beguile, And keep this wayward reb from Johnson's Isle.
Página 34 - SPRING, with that nameless pathos in the air Which dwells with all things fair, Spring, with her golden suns and silver rain, Is with us once again. Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.
Página 20 - Thus were established the two great principles asserted by the Colonies, namely : the right of a State to govern itself; and the right of A people to abolish a Government when it becomes destructive of the ends for which it was instituted. And concurrent with the establishment of these principles, was the fact, that each Colony became and was recognized by the mother Country as a FREE, SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT STATE. In 1787, Deputies were appointed by the States to revise the Articles of Confederation,...
Página 43 - MY love reposes on a rosewood frame ; A bunk have I; A couch of feathery down fills up the same; Mine's straw, but dry; She sinks to rest at night with scarce a sigh ; With waking eyes I watch the hours creep by. My love her daily dinner takes in state, And so do I ; The richest viands flank her silver plate; Coarse grub have I; Pure wines she sips at ease, her thirst to slake; I pump my drink from Erie's limpid lake.
Página 37 - Rappahannock, glorious river, Twice renowned for matchless fight. Heed the story, dastard spoilers, Mark the tale these waters tell, Ponder well your fearful lesson, And the doom that there befell : Learn to shun the Southern vengeance» Sworn upon the votive sword, " Every stream a Chickamauga To the vile, invading horde...
Página 37 - How grace this hallowed day? Shall happy bells, from yonder ancient spire, Send their glad greetings to each Christmas fire Round which the children play? Alas ! for many a moon, That tongueless tower hath cleaved the Sabbath air, Mute as an obelisk of ice, aglare Beneath an Arctic noon.
Página 22 - In souls where leaps affection's living tide; She is all fondness to her friends — to foes She glows a thing of passion, strength, and pride; She feels no tremors when the danger's nigh, But the fight over, and the victory won, How, with strange fondness, turns her loving eye, In tearful welcome, on each gallant son...
Página 28 - swift vengeance on the rebel" proudly vaunted: Little did they think that night Should close upon their shameful flight, And rebels, victors in the fight, stand undaunted. But peace to those who perished in our passes! Light be the earth above them! green the grasses! Long shall Northmen rue the day, When they met our stern array, And shrunk from battle's wild affray at Manassas!