 | 1869 - 1098 pages
...the "men." (Captain's answer — " Of eighty and five, Giffen and I are left alive!") 'i Johnson's pressed at the front, they say!" Little Giffen was up and away. A tear, his first, as he bade good bye, Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye: "7'ZZ write. if spared;"' there was news of fight,... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - United States - 1869 - 666 pages
...pressed at the front, they say !" Little Giffcn was up and away. A tear, his first, as he bade good bye, Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye; "I'll write, if spared ;" there was news of a fight. But none of Giffen! he did not write ! I sometimes fancy that when I'm king, And my gallant... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - Confederate States of America - 1869 - 660 pages
...they say 1" Little GifTen was up and away. A tear, his first, as he bade good bye, Dimmed the glini of his steel-blue eye ; " I'll write, if spared ;" there was news of a fight,. But none of Giifen ! he did not write ! I sometimes fancy that when I'm king, And my gallant... | |
 | Francis Orray Ticknor - Poetry, American - 1879 - 164 pages
...answer : of eighty-and-five, Giffen and I are left alive. Word of gloom from the war, one day ; Johnson pressed at the front, they say. Little Giffen was up and away ; A tear — his first — as he bade good-by, Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye. " /'// write, if spared !" There was news of the fight... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - Poetry - 1886 - 352 pages
..." the men." Captain's answer — " Of eighty and five, Giffen and I are left alive !" " Johnston's pressed at the front, they say !" Little Giffen was up and away. A tear, his first, as he bade good-by, Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye ; " I'll write, if spared." There was news of a fight,... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - Poetry - 1886 - 362 pages
...about " the men." Captain's answer—" Of eighty and five, Giffen and I are left alive !" " Johnston's pressed at the front, they say !" Little Giffen was up and away. A tear, his first, as he bade good-by, Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye ; " / 'II write, if spared." There was news of £ fight,... | |
 | George Cary Eggleston - American poetry - 1889 - 316 pages
..."the men." Captain's answer — " Of eighty and five, Giffen and I are left alive ! " "Johnston 's pressed at the front, they say! " Little Giffen was up and away. A tear, his first, as he bade good-by, Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye ; " I 'll write, if spared. " There was news of a fight,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 706 pages
...answer: "Of eighty-and-five, Giffen and I are left alive." Word of gloom from the war, one day; Johnson pressed at the front, they say. Little Giffen was up and away; A tear—his first-—as he bade good-by, Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye. " I'll write, if spared!... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1889 - 524 pages
...answer: "Of eighty-and-five, Giffen and I are left alive." Word of gloom from the war, one day; Johnson pressed at the front, they say. Little Giffen was up and away ; u A tear — his first — as he bade good-by, Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye. " I'll write... | |
 | Anthologies - 1892 - 312 pages
...the men. Captain's answer: "O' eighty-and-five, Giffen and I are left alive." [ AND RECITATIONS. 225 A tear — his first — as he bade good-bye, Dimmed...steel-blue eye. " I'll write if spared." There was news of the fight, But none of Giffen — he did not write. I sometimes fancy that were I king Of the princely... | |
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Nay, more ! in death's despite, The crippled skeleton learned to write. "Dear mother," at first, of course ; and then "Dear captain," inquiring about the men. Captain's answer : "Of eighty-and-five, Giffen and I are left alive. 
