 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 382 Seiten
...And they went to sea in a sieve. EDWARD LRAR. 82 SEA AND SHORE. OLD IRONSIDES 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 Seiten
...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 wave! Her thunders shook the mighty deep, ICHABOD! So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore! The glory from his gray hairs... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 Seiten
...bliss for evermore. Amen. Amen. OLD IRONSIDES. [OW HOLMES. S« Poge 30, Vol. II Y, tear her tatter'd ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rang the bnttle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 Seiten
...attie, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with hia school-boy scorn. 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...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, 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,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...And high above the fight the lonely bugle grieves.' " MELLES. OLD IRONSIDES. AY. tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That hanlier in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle-sheut, And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1875 - 622 Seiten
...Ironsides," which every American school-boy knows. " Aye, tear her tattered ensign down, Long has if waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky." The chief naval battle of this year was the battle of Lake Champlain. During the whole spring and summer... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 Seiten
...victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee: The harpies of the shore sball pluck The eagle of the sea ! О better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave! Her thunders shook the mightv deep, And there should be her grave: Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 Seiten
...reference to the proposed breaking up of the famous frigate " Constitution."] AT, 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 Seiten
...reference to the proposed breaking up of the famous frigate " Constitution."] AT, 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... | |
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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... 
