WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings... The World's Best-loved Poems - Page 2871927 - 455 pagesFull view - About this book
| Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1855 - 444 pages
...When freedom from her mountain height 1 Unfurl'd her standard to the air, | She tore the azure rote of night, And set the stars of glory there ! | She...striped its pure celestial' white, | With streakings from the morning light / | Then, from Ais mansion in the sun, | She called her eagle-bearer down, |... | |
| Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 pages
...of grate-work. * Quioer, a case for arrows. EIGHTY-THIRD LESSON. THE AMERICAN FLAG. — JR Drake,. WHEN Freedom, from her mountain height. Unfurled her...And set the stars of glory there ; She mingled with the gorgeous dyes The milky baldricf of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...long loved in thy wild minstrelsy. THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHEIT Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd In might — in majesty reveal'd. 279 In vain, in...sounds the trumpet loud ! His banner totters — see bnldric of the skie«, And striped its pure, celestial white, With streakings of the morning light... | |
| English language - 1855 - 172 pages
...KINGDOMS were formed at an early age of the world. Public men arose as officers. " When freedom from the mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air,...robe of night, And set the stars of glory there." Repeat what is said of the state. KING, able; the chief ruler in a nation. Has the king supreme power... | |
| Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...sake, go abroad ! Strike ! let every nerve and sinew Tell on ages— tell for God ! A. 0. Cox. 115. TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHEN freedom from her mountain...And striped its pure celestial white With streakings from the morning light ! Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave... | |
| Charles Northend - Orators - 1856 - 276 pages
...heart Shall join in one great service, Each happy in his part. EXERCISE XVIII. TO THE AMERICAN FLA3. WHEN freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her...And striped its pure celestial white With streakings from the morning light! Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave... | |
| William Sherwood - Conversation - 1856 - 466 pages
...Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of light And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with...Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Majestic monarch of... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...Memoranda from his Life. I awoke one morning and found myself famous. JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. 1795-1820. The American Flag. When Freedom from her mountain...azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. JOHN KEATS. 1796-1820. Endymion. Line 1. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. St. Agnes' Eve. Stanza... | |
| Anna Ella Carroll - Anti-Catholicism - 1856 - 408 pages
...hand to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome — And all thy hues were horn in Heaven ! When Freedom from her mountain height, Unfurled her...azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there !'' THE national spirit in this patriotic multitude had now risen to its rugged energy, and lashing... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...earth, The Castor and Pollux of quizzers. • Th« rterhT. Till A vn-nrrAV FLAG — FKOM THE CBOAKKKS. When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her...azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there I She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial... | |
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