 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...  The popular educator - Page 231by Popular educator - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Cincinnati (Ohio) - 1845 - 288 pages
...battle shout, 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, Where winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's... | |
 | American poetry - 1848 - 276 pages
...battle shout, 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...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 - Medicine in literature - 1850 - 310 pages
...shout, 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...No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck O better that her shattered hulk Should sink... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...shout, 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...No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her... | |
 | American poetry - 1850 - 264 pages
...battle shout, 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...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 - Literature, Modern - 1851 - 320 pages
...shout, 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...No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - Periodicals - 1851 - 622 pages
...the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! 1 Her deck, once red with heroes ' blood, Where knell the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were whit« below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 340 pages
...shout, Anil 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...No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her... | |
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