 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 pagini
...tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high. And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst...of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep. And... | |
 | 1836 - 694 pagini
...high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar — The meteor of the...And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 236 pagini
...graceful as the scimitar of Saladin, but as powerful and effective Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pagini
...tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pagini
...tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst...deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below — No more shall... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pagini
...her tatter'd ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pagini
...high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean...white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or feel the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh ! better that... | |
 | 1845 - 288 pagini
...sweep the clouds no more! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, Where winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! •O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | 1848 - 276 pagini
...high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar— The meteor of the ocean...And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pagini
...high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; — The meteor of the...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
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And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. 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... 
