 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
 | 1872 - 660 strani
...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' blood, Where knelt...every threadbare sail ; And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! THE LAST LEAF. I SAW him once before As he passed by the door;... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 706 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 !" The old conqueror was saved, repaired and converted into a school-ship.... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 strani
...The eagle, of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunder shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave;...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale I MY AUNT. MY aunt! my dear unmarried aunt! Long years have o'er... | |
 | mrs. Alexander Fraser - 1872 - 260 strani
...CHAPTER III. NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA. ' Like ships that sail'd for sunny isles, But never came to shore. Nail to the mast her holy flag ; Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the God of storms, The lightning, and the gale.' THE yellow moon, like the chastest of maidens, had closely veiled... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 520 strani
...preservation of the Constitution on the roll of the American Navy : — "0, better that her shattered hull Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning, and the gale." From the old timbers were made a number of relics which have... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 502 strani
...preservation of the Constitution on the roll of the American Navy: — "0, better that her shattered hull Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning, and the gale." From the old timbers were made a number of relics which have... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 514 strani
...the roll of the American Navy : — "0, better that her shattered hnll Should sink beneath the ware ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning, and the gale." From the old timbers were made a number of relics which have... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 382 strani
...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...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! THE CUMBERLAND. AT anchor in Hampton Roads we lay, -* On board... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 strani
...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 hulk Should sink beneath...every threadbare sail. And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! OW HOLME& ICHABOD! So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 strani
...ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And 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, The lightning and the gale. Ibid. When the last reader reads no more. The Last Reader. The... | |
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