 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 eagle...  The Land We Live in: Or, The Story of Our Country - Stran 205avtor: Henry Mann - 1896 - 336 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 strani
...hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or feel the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning, and the gale ! LESSON XLI. THE SUMMONS. The following poem affords the pupil... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 strani
...Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave : 16 Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! LESSON XXXVIII. THAT SILENT MOON. — GW DOANE. Glie piece which... | |
 | 1845 - 288 strani
...tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! •O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...every thread-bare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! Indian Sense of Propriety. Some yens ago, I think in 1800, I had... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 strani
...conquer'd knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! LESSON LIX. Our Obligations as American Citizens. — D. WEBSTER.... | |
 | 1848 - 276 strani
...When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of stonnsThe lighjning and the gale! THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG. BY JO BRAI.NARli. f ON the deep is the mariner's... | |
 | 1850 - 264 strani
...When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms— The lightning and the gale ! THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG. BY JG BBAINARD. ON the deep is the mariner's... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1850 - 156 strani
...unfit for service ; — a design afterwards happily abandoned in obedience to public sentiment : O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale ! The Constitution was launched at Boston on the 20th of September,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 strani
...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 beneath...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 strani
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived,... | |
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