 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...  Memorial Day Annual - Stran 431911Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 strani
...victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh ! better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! Ex. LX.— ROYAL IQNORANCK wXH.OO*. As want of candor really is not right, I own my satire too inclined... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 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...the god of storms — The lightning and the gale. CXLEX. — APRIL. Woman. [ Jouu GRiiNLUr WHITTJER was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, ln 1808. He... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1861 - 304 strani
...shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck 0 better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...to. the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived, and valleys bloomed again ; While... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1861 - 372 strani
...shook the mighty deep, | And there should be her grave I Nail to the mast her holy flag,—set Svery threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms,— | the lightning and the gale !" llolma. 68.* " No;—the joke has Wen a good one, | But I'm getting fond of quiet J And I don't... | |
 | 1864 - 732 strani
...surrendered to the bands of pirates ? Shall " the harpies of the shore " " pluck the eagle of the sea ?" " Oh ! better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale." But the God of storms will accept the consecration, and become Himself her pilot; then shall she be... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 strani
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea, 3 O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale ! CXX. — CHARACTER OF LAFAYETTE. ADAMS. [JOHN QtnxoY ADAMS was born In Braintroc, Massachusetts,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1864 - 444 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...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! m. WHEN florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived, and valleys bloomed again ; While... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - 1864 - 200 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...to the god of storms, The lightning, and the gale! 0f Ia-aUiarta at toitorfahi. WE now turn to an event whose sudden and astounding results caused the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 strani
...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...to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale. A Metrical Essag. Yes, child of suffering, thou mayst well be sure, He who ordained the Sabbath loves... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 strani
...will endeavor, with all the power that G-od has given rne, to 'Spread all her canvas to the breeze, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale.1 " Mr. Mullins, of Marion, followed ; and his reply to McGrowanV speech is worthy of record here,... | |
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