 They went where duty seemed to call, They scarcely asked the reason why ; They only knew they could but die, And death was not the worst of all ! Of man for man the sacrifice, All that was theirs to give they gave.  The Maine Bugle ... - Page 1671897Full view - About this book
 | 1875 - 860 pages
...Swift as the summons came they left The plough mid-furrow standing still, The half-ground corn-grist in the mill, The spade in earth, the axe in cleft....could but die, And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood, save theirs, they gave. The flowers that blossomed... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1875 - 196 pages
...Swift as the summons came they left The plough, mid-furrow, standing still; The half-ground corn-grist in the mill, The spade in earth, the axe in cleft....could but die, And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood save theirs, they gave : The flowers that blossomed... | |
 | Lexington (Mass.) - 1875 - 198 pages
...Swift as the summons came they left The plough, mid-furrow, standing stil. ; The half-ground corn-grist in the mill The spade in earth, the axe in cleft....could but die, And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood save theirs, they gave : The flowers that blossomed... | |
 | 1875 - 782 pages
...plow mid-furrow standing still, The half-ground corn grist in the mill, The spade in earth, the ax in cleft. They went where duty seemed to call, They...could but die, And death was not the worst of all! Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood save theirs, they gave. The flowers that blossomed... | |
 | Lexington (Mass.) - 1875 - 198 pages
...Swift as the summons came they left The plough, mid-furrow, standing stil. ; The half-ground corn-grist in the mill The spade in earth, the axe in cleft....They scarcely asked the reason why : They only knew thgy could but die, And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1875 - 584 pages
...The plow mid-furrow standing still. The half-ground corngrist in the mill, The spade in earth, the ax in cleft. They went where duty seemed to call, They...the reason why ; They only knew they could but die, Their death-shot shook the feudal tower, And shattered slavery's chain as well ; On the sky's dome,... | |
 | Stephen Bromley McCracken - 1876 - 714 pages
...Swift as the summons cams, they left The plow, mid-furrow, standing still, The half-ground corn-grist in the mill, The spade in earth, the axe in cleft....could but die, And death was not the worst of all. ^ >K >|< Jfc >';-. * * Their death-shot shook the feudal tower, And shattered slavery's chain as well;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1881 - 310 pages
...summons came they left The plough mid-furrow standing still, The half-ground corn grist in the mill, They went where duty seemed to call, They scarcely...could but die, And death was not the worst of all ! Of man for man the sacrifice, All that was theirs to give they gave. The flowers that blossomed from... | |
 | Newton (Mass.) - 1876 - 208 pages
...thirty-eight pupils of the Newton High School, representing the thirty-eight States of the Republic. " They went where duty seemed to call ; They scarcely...could but die, And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood save theirs, they gave : The flowers that blossomed... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1877 - 364 pages
...yea, and life itself, in support of the common cause." The men of Lexington kept their vow : — " They went where duty seemed to call: They scarcely...could but die; And death was not the worst of all. Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood save theirs, they gave. The flowers that blossomed... | |
| |
