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... New National First [-fifth] Reader - Page 338by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 320 pages
...high, And many a heart has danc'd to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood ' And waves were white below, No more shall... | |
| 1836 - 694 pages
...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...And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the... | |
| 1836 - 268 pages
...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...with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall... | |
| Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 236 pages
...of Saladin, but as powerful and effective Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the...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 of... | |
| 1838 - 434 pages
...Eeneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar — The meteor of the ocean air Sluill sweep the clouds no more! Her deck, once red with...vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the (loud, And waves were white below, No more shall feel ihe victor's tread, Or bow the conquered knee... | |
| 1839 - 580 pages
...roar — The meteor of the ocean air Shall weep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroee' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe. When winds...o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more sli.ill feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...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...deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below — No more shall... | |
| William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pages
...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...deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below — No more shall... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...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...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall... | |
| William McCarty - 1842 - 528 pages
...high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky . Beneath it rung the battle-shout, The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds...deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below — No more shall... | |
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