. Bugle-echoes; a collection of the poetry of the civil war, northern and southern; . Up from the meadows rich with corn,Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick standGreen-walled by the hills of Maryland. Round about them orchards sweep,Apple and peach tree fruited deep, Fair as a garden of the Lord To the eyes of the famished rebel horde, On that pleasant morn of the early fallWhen Lee marched over the mountain wall—. BARBARA FRIETCHIE. {See page 125— Shook it forth with a royal wW) POEMS OF THE CIVIL WAR. 125 Over the mountains, winding down,Horse and foot into Fr
. Bugle-echoes; a collection of the poetry of the civil war, northern and southern; . Up from the meadows rich with corn,Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick standGreen-walled by the hills of Maryland. Round about them orchards sweep,Apple and peach tree fruited deep, Fair as a garden of the Lord To the eyes of the famished rebel horde, On that pleasant morn of the early fallWhen Lee marched over the mountain wall—. BARBARA FRIETCHIE. {See page 125— Shook it forth with a royal wW) POEMS OF THE CIVIL WAR. 125 Over the mountains, winding down,Horse and foot into Frederick town. Forty flags with their silver stars,Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped in the morning wind : the sunOf noon looked down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic window the staff she set,To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread,Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and rightHe glanced : the old flag met his sight. Halt!—the dust-brown ranks stood fast; Fire !—out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash;It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staffDame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill,And shook it forth with a royal will. S
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