 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 Land We Live in: Or, The Story of Our Country - Stran 205avtor: Henry Mann - 1896 - 336 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Edward Murdoch - 1865 - 194 strani
...connection that I will take the liberty of making the" verse speak for itself. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...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.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 strani
...with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. A Metrical Essag. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That bauner in the sky. Ibid. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 strani
...When your attempts to injure fail, Complain not if your victim rail." OLD Hi ON SIDES. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high,...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.... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 strani
...rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. TIRY LOUD FORCE. [OLD mOXSIBES.— HOLMES.] Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high ; And many an eye has danced to Bee That banner in the sky ; Beneath It rung the battle-shoot, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 strani
...called " Old Ironsides." Most of the lines require full, round, pure, ringing tones : Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high,...meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more I Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, "When winds were hurrying... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 strani
...unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Poetry, a Metrical Essay. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high,...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. find. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 strani
...with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. A Metrical Essay. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high,...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. A Metrical Essay. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God... | |
 | 1870 - 588 strani
...seen declaimed the opening lines of Dr. Holmes's beautiful poem " Old Ironsides:" — "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And...an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky," etc. VII. PES — WHAT THE FOOT SAID. SISTER MANUS did me great injustice. I had no idea of hurrying... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 strani
...or to convert her into a receiving-ship, a* unlit lor service. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down I Long has it waved on 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 clouds... | |
 | David Macrae - 1870 - 428 strani
...Essay " delivered before the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Society, and began — '* Ay, tear her batter'd ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky." And so on to the grandest verse of all— " O better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the... | |
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