W., F. S · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 33
ure robe of night And set the stars of glory there ;She mingled with its gorgeous dyesThe milky baldric of the skies,And striped its pure celestial whiteWith streakings of the morning light;Then from his mansion in the sun,She called her eagle-bearer down,And gave into his mighty hand• The symbol… … 8 DAME HERALDRY. poetry, but I am afraid the idea is only a fancy. The fact is,we are displaying, actually displaying, some of old Englandscast-off glory! Our stars and our stripes,altered a little, to be sure, to meet the needsof the occasion, come from the old Washing-ton coat-of-arms. At this…
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