 | 1863 - 640 pagini
...your flag! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole nir pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like n kraken huge and black. She crushed onr ribs in... | |
 | 1862 - 796 pagini
...your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! "...in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next mom, as the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 310 pagini
...your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; • " It is better to sink than to yield...in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pagini
..."Strike your flag!" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. "Never!" our gallant Morris replies; "It is better to sink than to yield! " And...and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland all a wrack , With a sudden shudder of death , And the cannon's breath For... | |
 | 1863 - 640 pagini
...your flng! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never 1 " our gallant Morris replies; " It is better to sink than to yield !" And...men. Then, like a kraken huge and black. She crushed onr ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With n sudden shudder of death,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pagini
...Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! "...in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 254 pagini
...your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! "...in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death. And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pagini
...your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! "...in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a. wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pagini
..."Strike your flag!" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never !" our gallant Morris replies ; "It is better to sink than to yield!" And...in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pagini
...your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! "...and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp 1 Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For... | |
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As hail rebounds from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. "Strike your flag!" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, "Never!" our gallant Morris replies; "It is better to sink than to... 
