 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
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1870 - 636 strani
...dare. What a revenge, a trophy, this, For thee, immortal Salamis ! ccxvm. OLD IRONSIDES. AT, tear her tattered ensign down ! •^^ Long has it waved on high. And many an eye has danced to s«« That banner in the sky ; — Beneath it rang the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ;... | |
 | 1880 - 700 strani
...whose stanzas stirred up the sensibilities of the nation, and saved the dear old craft : " Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye hath danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 strani
...Constitution, or to convert her into a receiving-ship, as unfit for service. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...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... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 strani
...lone attic, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with his schoolboy scorn : — Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high ;...battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the ocean-air Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished ibe, When winds were hurrying... | |
 | 1872 - 660 strani
...lone attic, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with his schoolboy scorn : — Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high ;...to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shont, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the. ocean-air Her deck, once red with heroes'... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 strani
...in the war of 1812 for her victories over the " Guerriere " and "Java" : OLD IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high,...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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 706 strani
...public officer, and aroused similar sentiments in the hearts of the American people : "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye hath danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 strani
...And higii above the fight the lonely bugle grieves. GKENVILLE .M M.LI;.N. OLD IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And...The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds IK; more! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 248 strani
...and their hands are blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve. EDWARD LEAR. OLD IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high,...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 strani
...unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Poetry, a Metrieal 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. Ibid. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms,... | |
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