James Ryder Randall

James Ryder Randall in 1899

James Ryder Randall (born January 1, 1839 at Baltimore, Maryland; died January 15, 1908 in Augusta, Georgia) was a journalist and poet.

Quotes

Maryland, My Maryland and Other Poems (1908)

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.

External links

• Biography at Catholic Encyclopedia