| American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...IRONSIDES." BY OW HOLMES. AY ! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has1 it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath...the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, No more shall feel the conqueror's... | |
| American literature - 1836 - 694 pages
...followed. "OLD IRONSIDES. "Ay! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath...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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...breathed a sigh o'er others' dust, Might call a tear on mine. OLD IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1843 - 324 pages
...AT, tear her tatter'd ensign down! And many an eye has danced to see Long has it waved on high, • That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle...meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more! Oh! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...patriotic lines. Would that the time had arrived when all weapons of war »ere only valuable as relics ! Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...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... | |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) - 1845 - 288 pages
...Daily Advertiser, when it was proposed to break up the frigate Constitution, as unfit for service: Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved...danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rang the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...space and time. Links realm to realm, and race to race. LESSON LVIII. Old Ironsides* — OW HPLMEB. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! ^ •/ / Long...danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rang the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds... | |
| American poetry - 1848 - 276 pages
...IRONSIDES." BY OW HOLMES. AY ! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath...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... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...Ironsides ! From yon lone attic, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with his school-boy scorn. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...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... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - Medicine in literature - 1850 - 310 pages
...Ironsides ! From yon lone attic, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with his school-boy scorn. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...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... | |
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