SunnybankSheldon, 1865 - 415 páginas |
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Agatha answered arms army asked Aunt Ellen believe betrothed blood brave breath brother Brownie Castle Thunder chamber child Colonel comfort Confederate Dana dark daughter dear Dies iræ door eyes face fancy father feel fire Fort Delaware girl hall hand happy Harry Harry's head hear heard heart hope hour JACOB ABBOTT knew Lacy Lacy's Lady laughed leave letter lips live look Lynn Lynn's Mamma Mammy marriage Miss Elinor Miss Hetty Miss Morris morning mother Nellie never night once Papa Papa's parlor passed poor porch prisoners Rachel reply returned Richmond Rolf Kingston Rolf's Ross scene Secession servants sight smile spirit stairs star-spangled banner Sunnybank sweet talk tears tell thank thing thought tion to-day to-night told tone truth Uncle Charley Virginia voice walk Wilton window wish woman word wounded Yankee
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Página 338 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary. My life is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary...
Página 171 - Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing ; a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Página 186 - I care for nobody, no, not I, And nobody cares for me.
Página 258 - GOD is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Página 326 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 172 - And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, — No sound save the rush of the river; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, — The picket's off duty forever.
Página 328 - Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, And the houses without man, And the land be utterly desolate...
Página 55 - To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Página 364 - ... sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Página 61 - I saw Washington, but could not hear him take the oath to support the Federal constitution. The constitution was in its chrysalis state. I saw what Washington did not see ; but two other men in Virginia saw it — George Mason and Patrick Henry — the poison under its wings.