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.

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.