 Flag of the seas I on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; When death, careering on the gale. Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea...  The New-York Book of Poetry - Page 120edited by - 1837 - 253 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...vengeance from the glance T And when the cannon-mouthings loud, Heave in wild wreaths the battle^shroud ; And gory sabres rise and fall. Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall ! There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath i'lach gallant arm, that... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - 1832 - 496 pages
...shoots of flame on midnight's pall! There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas, on ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly... | |
 | 1834 - 430 pages
...shouts of flame on midnight's pall I There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, When Death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 pages
...the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise and fall Lake shoots of flame on midnight's pall ; Then shall thy...that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. IV. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death, careering... | |
 | 1835 - 320 pages
...vengeance from the glance! And when the cannon-mouihjngs loud Heave, in wild wreathes, the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall! There shall thy victor glances glow; And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1836 - 110 pages
...vengeance from the glance. And when the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise and fall Like shoots of flame...that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. IV. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death, careering... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - 1836 - 262 pages
...shoots of flame on midnight's pall ! There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath, Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas, on ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, When death, cnreering on the gale, Sweeps darkly... | |
 | 1836 - 362 pages
...shoots of flame on midnight pall ! There shall thy victor glances glow, And cowering foes shall fall beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death ! Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave. When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - 1836 - 264 pages
...on midnight's pall ! There shall thy victor.glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink henoatb, • Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas, oil ocean's wave , Thy stars shall [[litter o'er the brave, When (tenth, careering on the gale, Sweeps... | |
 | 1836 - 268 pages
...vengeance from the glance ! And -when the cannon-mouthings loud, Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud, And gory sabres rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall, — There shall thy victor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that... | |
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