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BARBARA FRITCHIE
r JOHN OREENLEAK WHITTIER.
Clear in the cool September morn.
The clustered spires of Frederick stand
Green-walled by the hills nl Maryland
Round about them orchard* sweep.
Apple and peach tree fruited deep.
Pair aa a garden 0f ihe Lord
To the eyes of the famished rebel horde.
On that pleasant morn ¦•! the early fall
When Lee marched ™tr the mount a in-wall
fs;ss::!S:s
Up the street came the re be
Stonewall Jackson riding a
Under his .touched hat lefi and righi
He glanced the old (lag
•¦Halt" —the dust-brown ranks sloud
'¦Fire'"—out blajed the riBe-blast
It shivered the
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-ith s.
ck as it fell, from the broken at.
ie Barbara (Hatched the silken
leaned far out on the window-s
¦hook It forth with a royal wit
c*it if you must, this old gray h
— luntry's flag,1
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moved to Fredsi
life may be named the following — t
at Mrs KimbaTs Hotel Barbara b
at the sham funeral of Washington
to John Casper Fritchie. by the Re
: lived ai
P91 wh.
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17«. in LaU>. Pa.. In M,
Photos reproduced by permi
and IS days; and is buried
mi of Morten & Biel/eld. Frederick. Maryland.
HER HOME
COPYRIGHT 1907 BY MARKEN ft B1ELFELD
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