 | Henry Mann - United States - 1896 - 350 pages
...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... | |
 | American literature - 1836 - 694 pages
...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 - Boston (Mass.) - 1838 - 236 pages
...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 - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...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 - National songs - 1842 - 484 pages
...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 - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...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 - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...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... | |
 | Cincinnati (Ohio) - 1845 - 288 pages
...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,... | |
 | American poetry - 1848 - 276 pages
...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 pages
...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... 
