James Ryder Randall
James Ryder Randall (born January 1, 1839 at Baltimore, Maryland; died January 15, 1908 in Augusta, Georgia) was a journalist and poet.
Quotes
[edit]Maryland, My Maryland and Other Poems (1908)
[edit]- Maryland, My Maryland and Other Poems (Baltimore, MD: John Murphy Company, 1908)
- The despot’s heel is on thy shore,
Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple-door,
Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle-queen of yore,
Maryland! My Maryland!- "Maryland, My Maryland" (April 1861), stanza 1, p. 17.
- Hushed in the alabaster arms of Death
Our young Marcellus sleeps.- "John Pelham" (1894), stanza 2, p. 20.
- Gentlest and bravest in the battle-brunt,
The Champion of the Truth;
He won his banner in the very front
Of our immortal youth.- "John Pelham" (1894), stanza 4, p. 21.
- The South is blameless; for she holds in fee
The stainless swords of Washington and Lee.- "The Unconquered Banner", stanza 3, p. 47.
