LAY down the axe ; fling by the spade ; Leave in its track the toiling plough ; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task, and learn to wield The horseman's crooked brand,... Reminiscences of a Rebel - Seite 7von Wayland Fuller Dunaway - 1913 - 133 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| United States. 37th Congress, 2d session - 1862 - 90 Seiten
...to overwhelm the land of his choice and love — when he heard the battle call — "Lay down the ax, fling by the spade, Leave in its track the toiling plow; The rifle and the bayonet blade, For arms like yours, are fitter now. And let the hands that ply the pen, Quit the light... | |
| Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 Seiten
...FORCEYTHE, 176, 232 WINTER, WILLIAM, 335 LYRICS OF LOYALTY. OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. AY down the axe, fling by the spade : Leave in its track the toiling plough; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that... | |
| Frank Moore - 1864 - 366 Seiten
...YTHE, 176, 232 WINTER, WILLIAM, 335 LYRICS OF LOYALTY. OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. AY down the axe, fling by the spade : Leave in its track the toiling plough; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1866 - 628 Seiten
...and more apparent. The whole country seemed to have responded to the call : — " Lay down the ax, fling by the spade : Leave in its track the toiling...rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were titter now; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task, and learn to wield The horseman's... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 412 Seiten
...MARCH;, border; margin. GRIM, stern; rigid. OUR COUNTRY'S CALL* WILLIAM C. BKYANT. 1. LAY down the ax ; fling by the spade ; Leave in its track the toiling plow ; The rifle and the bayonet blade For arms like yours were fitter now : And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light... | |
| Frank Moore - 1866 - 654 Seiten
...beats without so much as thinking to seek cover. OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. * ВТ WILLIAM CULLEN BBYANT. LAY down the axe, fling by the spade ; Leave in its track the toiling plough ; The rifle and the bayonet blade For arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that... | |
| Richard Grant White - 1866 - 368 Seiten
...or she will die ; God bless her ! and God bless her ! OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. LAY down the axe, fling by the spade : Leave in its track the toiling plough ; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that... | |
| John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 Seiten
...legitimate results of this conflict. BOOK SECOND. RECENT SELECTIONS. POETRY. cccxxn. OUR COUNTRTS CALL. T AY down the axe, fling by the spade : "^ Leave in its track the toiling plough ; The rifle and thg bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that... | |
| Floyd Baker Wilson - 1869 - 208 Seiten
...all this befell, And the name of the Fiend was — DBIHK ! OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. WILLIAM OCLLEN BBYAHT. LAY down the axe, fling by the spade : . Leave in its track the toiling plough ; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that... | |
| 1870 - 766 Seiten
...sought to overwhelm the land of his choice and love; when he heard the battle-call, Lay down the ax, fling by the spade, Leave in its track the toiling plow; The rifle and the bayonet blade, For arms like yours are fitter now: And let the hands that ply the pen, Quit the light... | |
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