 | 1835 - 320 pagini
...conqueror's tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...the god of storms — The lightning and the gale! COLUMBIA'S GREAT GLORY. HAI/LOW'D the birth-day of liberty's nation, Sacred the flame on her altar... | |
 | 1836 - 268 pagini
...conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...god of storms — The lightning and the gale ! THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG. fcY JO ' BRAINARD. ON the deep is the mariner's danger, On the deep is the mariner's... | |
 | 1836 - 694 pagini
...tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! "Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale !" Here H a little song — very touching and very grand— by the most highly-gifted and deeply lamented... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 236 pagini
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ;-— The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! 7 as the battle-axe of Richard, fell like a thunder-bolt on John Bull. The tone of the London Quarterly... | |
 | 1838 - 434 pagini
...The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! •. Oh, better that her shattered hull Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...God of storms The lightning and the gale! The Last Walk. BY MRS. LH SIGOUHSEV. THR vernal sky was soft and pure, The cottage garden fair j And feeble... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pagini
...tread, Or know the conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck Oh ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! THE TREADMILL SONG. THE stars are rolling in the sky, The earth rolls on below, And we can feel the rattling... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pagini
...conquer'd knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! 74 A SAILOR'S LIFE. How bless'd the life a sailor leads, From clime to clime still ranging, For as... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pagini
...conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! STANZAS. STRANGE ! that one lightly-whisper'd tone Is far, far sweeter unto me, Than all the sounds... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 528 pagini
...conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! 74 A SAILOR'S LIFE. How bless'd the life a sailor leads, From clime to clime still ranging, For as... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pagini
...conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! • Written when it was proposed to break up the frigate Constitution, as unfit for service. THE... | |
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Her deck once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The... 
