 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...  The Oxford Book of American Verse - Page 16edited by - 1927 - 680 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - 1842 - 498 pages
...and marked emphasis, an ode, of which the first stanza is as follows : When Freedem from her monntain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore...the azure robe of Night, And set the stars of glory ther-r-re ! If the author of this composition could have listened to Mr. Chipp's recitation, his feelings... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...voice long loved in thy wild minstrelsy. THE AMERICAN FLAG. Freedom from her mountain height UnfurI'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...morning light ; Then from his mansion in the sun She call'd her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. n. . Majestic... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...great God adore. THE AMERICAN FLAG. BY JOSEPH R. DRAKE. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...morning light ; Then from his mansion in the sun She call'd her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Majestic... | |
 | Criticism - 1861 - 1148 pages
...attractive, of that other well known lyric, by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. " When Freedom from her mountain bight, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure...robe of night, And set the stars of glory there." It is illustrated from drawings by DABLEY, and adapted by Geo. Danskin to music from Bellini. [For... | |
 | 1844 - 620 pages
...origin of the stripes and stars in the American liag : When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakingsof the morning light! This word ' baldric' is in great request. The Americans make heavy... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...morning gild it, and parting day linger and play on its summit. CXXI. THE AMERICAN FLAG. JR DRAKE. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard...stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dies The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings of the morning... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...streamings of the morning light; Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her...down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her ch»sen land. 6 Majestic monarch of the cloud, And see the lightning lances driven, When strive the... | |
 | Alonzo Lewis - Lynn (Mass.) - 1844 - 300 pages
...Paper Money — Peace Proclaimed — Manners and Customs before the Revolution. 1765 to 1783. When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard...air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stare of glory there. v DBA KB. •* MONG the encroachments of the arbitrary power of the Mother Country,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 440 pages
...gild it, and parting day linger and play on its summit. CXXI. — THE AMERICAN FLAG. JR DRAKE. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand,... | |
 | 1844 - 686 pages
...the air. She tore Ibe azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. Shi- mingled with it* gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white. With etreskings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down,... | |
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