 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
 | Samuel Eliot - Children's poetry - 1879 - 354 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...vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the floodr And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! ort not. conquered knee : The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! 0 better that her shattered... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - English poetry - 1880 - 408 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...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 shattered... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1881 - 410 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... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - Children - 1881 - 254 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...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! Oh, better that her shattered... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! ends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant...masonry. Out of an unseen quarry evermore Furnished with conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, bettor that her... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American literature - 1881 - 1078 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 engle of the sea! O better that her shattered... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1881 - 220 pages
...roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with hero's bleed, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying...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 ! Oh, better that her shattered... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American literature - 1881 - 120 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 the vanquished foe, When winds werfa hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...battle-shont, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! bj ߏ conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her... | |
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