| 1861 - 674 ページ
...COUNTRY'S CALL. ВТ WILLIAM CULL» III: V ANT. LAT down the axe, fling by the spade ; Leave in iu 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 task and learn to wield The horseman's... | |
| Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 ページ
...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...learn to wield The horseman's crooked brand, and rein i The charger on the battle-field. Our country calls ; away ! away ! To where the blood-stream blots... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 412 ページ
...sea or lake. 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...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... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1866 - 628 ページ
...Post-office. uprising became hourly more 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 plow: The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were titter now; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 ページ
...Farewell The hopes of court: my hopes in heaven do dwell. C.—OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. WILLIAM C. BRYANT. 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... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 ページ
...hopes of court : my hopes in heaven do dwell. [Exeunt.} C.— OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. WILLIAM C. BRYANT. 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... | |
| Oscar Tully Shuck - 1870 - 804 ページ
...depraved ambition sought to overwhelm the loud of his choice and love; when he heard the battle-call, Lay down the ax, fling by the spade, Leave in its...the hands that ply the pen, Quit the light task, and leara to wield The horseman's crooked brand, and rein The charger on the battle-field. Onr country... | |
| Oscar Tully Shuck - 1870 - 762 ページ
...depraved ambition 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 tho toiling plow; The rifle and the bayonet blade, For arms like yours are fitter now : And let the... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 ページ
...; 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 wield1 The horseman's crooked brand, and rein The charger on the battle-field. 2. Our country calls... | |
| Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1872 - 218 ページ
...made to tell—as though you meant not only to drive in the nail, but to clinch it.] Lay down the axe. 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... | |
| |