 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 eagle...  The Land We Live in: Or, The Story of Our Country - Page 205by Henry Mann - 1896 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...winds were hurrying o'er the flood ' And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale! COLUMBIA'S GREAT GLORY. HAI/LOW'D the birth-day of liberty's... | |
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale ! THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG. fcY JO ' BRAINARD. ON the deep is the... | |
 | American literature - 1836 - 694 pages
...winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale !" Here H a little song — very touching and very grand— by... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - Boston (Mass.) - 1838 - 242 pages
...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...every thread-bare sail, • And give her to the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! as the battle-axe of Richard, fell like a thunder-bolt on... | |
 | 1838 - 434 pages
...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...every thread-bare sail, And give her to the God of storms The lightning and the gale! The Last Walk. BY MRS. LH SIGOUHSEV. THR vernal sky was soft and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...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...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! THE TREADMILL SONG. THE stars are rolling in the sky, The earth... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...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...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! STANZAS. STRANGE ! that one lightly-whisper'd tone Is far,... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 528 pages
...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...every threadbare sail, And give 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... | |
 | William McCarty - National songs - 1842 - 484 pages
...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...every threadbare sail, And give 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...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...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! • Written when it was proposed to break up the frigate Constitution,... | |
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