 tis heard, Not a mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow. Whether for weal or woe ; Glad to breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death...  The Living Age ... - Page 3by Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 28 pages
...woe ; Glad to breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death ; INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP. 383 Praying — alas ! in vain ! — That they might fall...So they could once more see That burst to liberty 1 This was what " freedom " lent To the black regiment Hundreds on hundreds fell ; But they are resting... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 246 pages
...mere party shout, They gave their spirits out ; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death. This was what " Freedom " lent To the Black Regiment Hundreds on hundreds fell ; But they are resting... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 250 pages
...mere party shout, They gave their spirits out ; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death. This was what "Freedom" lent To the Black Regiment. Hundreds on hundreds fell j But they are resting... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - Poetry - 1880 - 1065 pages
...mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled ; GJad to breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death ; Praying, — alas ! in vain ! —... | |
 | Grand Army of the Republic - 1885
...the record those men made, let us in the language of their own poet who tells us that, Hundreds and hundreds fell, But they are resting well, Scourges and shackles strong, Never shall do them wrong. And then this prayer comes from the black man : Oh, to the living few, Comrades, be just and true.... | |
 | 1886
...mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood, Glad to strike one free blow,...fall again, So they could once more see That burst of liberty ! This was what "freedom" lent To the black regiment. Hundreds on hundreds fell ; But they... | |
 | George Cary Eggleston - 1889
...mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow....Hundreds on hundreds fell ; But they are resting well ; Blaek Scourges, and shackles strong Never shall do them wrong. Oh, to the living few, Soldiers, be... | |
 | George Cary Eggleston - Music - 1889
...mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow....This was what "freedom " lent To the black regiment. 135 Scourges, and shackles stronj; Never shall do them wrong. Oh, to the living few, Soldiers, be just... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889
...a mere party shout: They gave their spirits out; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow,...breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death. Praying—alas! in vain!— That they might fall again, So they could once more see That burst to liberty!... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1890 - 435 pages
...mere party shout : They gave their spirits out ; Trusted the end to Gad, And on ttie gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood, Glad to strike one free blow,...they could once more see That burst to liberty ! This is what 'freedom' lent To the black regiment. " Hundreds on hundreds fell, But they are resting well... | |
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