 AY, tear her 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 the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her...  The popular educator - Page 215by Popular educator - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American poetry - 1852 - 316 pages
...scorn. AY, tear her 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...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...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 meteor of the ocean...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 - 1852 - 340 pages
...high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, Anil burst the cannon's roar ; — The meteor of the ocean...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...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 meteor of the ocean...blood, where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hunting o'er the flood, and waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, or know... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 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 ocean...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...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 meteor of the ocean air shall sweep the elouds no more ! Her deek, once red with heroes' blood, where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds... | |
 | Alfred Bate Richards - Disarmament - 1853 - 162 pages
...Again,AY, tear her 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...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 ! O better that her... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 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...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 ! 0 better that her... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...high, And many an eye has danced to see that banner in the sky l — Beneath it rang the battle-shout, and burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean...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... | |
 | Seafaring life - 1854 - 504 pages
...IRONSIDES."" Ay ! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle...the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her declc, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the... | |
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