ISBN: 9781153590334

Excerpt: ...as from a new-lit star; Or light the air about, as when a King Flashes in armor in his royal car; And Fame''s own vestibule I see inlaid With their proud i… Mehr…

Excerpt: ...as from a new-lit star; Or light the air about, as when a King Flashes in armor in his royal car; And Fame''s own vestibule I see inlaid With their proud images, Mahone''s Brigade. Your battle-flags shall fly throughout all time, By History''s self exultingly unfurled; And stately prose, and loud-resounding rhyme, Nobler than mine, shall tell to all the world How dauntless moved, and how all undismayed, Through good and ill stood Mahone''s Brigade. O glorious flags! No victory could stain Your tattered folds with one unworthy deed, O glorious flags! No country shall again Fly nobler symbols in its hour of need. Success stained not, nor could defeat degrade; Spotless they float to-day, Mahone''s Brigade. Immortal flags, upon Time''s breezes flung, Seen by the mind in forests, or in marts, Cherished in visions, praised from tongue to tongue, Wrapped in the very fibres of your hearts, And gazing on them, none may dare upbraid Your Leader, or your men, Mahone''s Brigade. VI. That splendid Leader''s name is yours, and he Flesh of your flesh, himself bone of your bone, His simple name maketh a history, Which stands, itself grand, glorious and alone, Or, ''tis a trophy, splendidly arrayed, With all your battle-flags, Mahone''s Brigade. His name itself a history? Yes, and none May halt me here. In war and peace It challenges the full rays of the sun; And when the passions of our day shall cease, ''Twill stand undying, for all time displayed, Itself a battle-flag, Mahone''s Brigade. He rose successor of that mighty man Who was the right arm 10 of immortal Lee; Whose genius put defeat beneath a ban; Who swept the field as tempest sweeps the sea; Who fought full hard, and yet full harder prayed. You knew that man full well, Mahone''s Brigade. And here that... James Barron Hope, Books, Fiction and Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism, A Wreath Of Virginia Bay Leaves Books>Fiction and Literature>Literary Theory and Criticism The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / United States / State<

ISBN: 9781153590334

Excerpt: ...as from a new-lit star; Or light the air about, as when a King Flashes in armor in his royal car; And Fame''s own vestibule I see inlaid With their proud i… Mehr…

Excerpt: ...as from a new-lit star; Or light the air about, as when a King Flashes in armor in his royal car; And Fame''s own vestibule I see inlaid With their proud images, Mahone''s Brigade. Your battle-flags shall fly throughout all time, By History''s self exultingly unfurled; And stately prose, and loud-resounding rhyme, Nobler than mine, shall tell to all the world How dauntless moved, and how all undismayed, Through good and ill stood Mahone''s Brigade. O glorious flags! No victory could stain Your tattered folds with one unworthy deed, O glorious flags! No country shall again Fly nobler symbols in its hour of need. Success stained not, nor could defeat degrade; Spotless they float to-day, Mahone''s Brigade. Immortal flags, upon Time''s breezes flung, Seen by the mind in forests, or in marts, Cherished in visions, praised from tongue to tongue, Wrapped in the very fibres of your hearts, And gazing on them, none may dare upbraid Your Leader, or your men, Mahone''s Brigade. VI. That splendid Leader''s name is yours, and he Flesh of your flesh, himself bone of your bone, His simple name maketh a history, Which stands, itself grand, glorious and alone, Or, ''tis a trophy, splendidly arrayed, With all your battle-flags, Mahone''s Brigade. His name itself a history? Yes, and none May halt me here. In war and peace It challenges the full rays of the sun; And when the passions of our day shall cease, ''Twill stand undying, for all time displayed, Itself a battle-flag, Mahone''s Brigade. He rose successor of that mighty man Who was the right arm 10 of immortal Lee; Whose genius put defeat beneath a ban; Who swept the field as tempest sweeps the sea; Who fought full hard, and yet full harder prayed. You knew that man full well, Mahone''s Brigade. And here that... James Barron Hope, Books, Fiction and Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism, A Wreath Of Virginia Bay Leaves Books>Fiction and Literature>Literary Theory and Criticism, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153590334

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