 And trims his helmet's plume ; When the goodwife's shuttle merrily Goes flashing through the loom ; With weeping and with laughter Still is the story told, How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.  Journal of the ... National Encampment - Page 50by Grand Army of the Republic - 1887Full view - About this book
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