 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - Readers - 1884 - 398 pages
...sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shail sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with...And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victors' tread, Or know the conquered knee: The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...Long hath it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rang the battle-shout And burst the cannon's roar: The...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... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, and burst the cannon's roar : — The meteor of the ocean-air shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck, — once...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,... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - American poetry - 1886 - 752 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...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,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rang the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The...of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh ! better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; •The United States frigate Constitution,... | |
 | George Boyle - American poetry - 1886 - 318 pages
...the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clonds no more! Her deck, — once red with heroes' blood,...No more shall feel the victor's tread Or know the conquer'd knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! Oh! better that her shatter'd... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1889 - 470 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 596 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,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poetry, Modern - 1887 - 410 pages
...shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more I Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! 0 better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | James Johonnot - Children - 1887 - 162 pages
...roar ; The meteor of the ocean-air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! 9. Her deck, once red with hero's blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea. 10. Oh ! better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her home was on 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... 
