When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings... The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems - Page 90by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1836 - 92 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...With streakings of the morning light 5 Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land .' Majestic monarch of the cloud ! Who-rear'st aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumping loud,... | |
| A. B. Cleveland - 1832 - 496 pages
...With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. • Who rear'st aloft the regal form, To hear the tempest trumping loud, And see the lightning-lances... | |
| Gerritt Van Husen Forbes - 1833 - 32 pages
...NewYork poets, Mr. Halleck, about the American standard, in which he beautifully mentions the eagle : " Then from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle...into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land." "Majestic monarch of the cloud, Who rear'st aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumping loud,... | |
| 1834 - 430 pages
...With streakings of the morning light ; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her cagle.bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land ! Majestic monarch of the cloud! — Who rearcst aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest-trumping... | |
| 1835 - 320 pages
...With streakings of the morning light ; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Majestic monarch of the cloud, Who rearest aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumping loud,... | |
| 1836 - 268 pages
...milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle...into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land 1 Majestic monarch of the cloud 1 Who rear's! aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumping loud,... | |
| 1836 - 802 pages
...milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light ; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle...into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Let us reduce all this to plain English, and we have — what 1 Why, a flag, consisting of the " azure... | |
| 1836 - 362 pages
...skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings from the morning light ! Then, from her mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down,...into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land ! Majestic monarch of the cloud ! Who rearest aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumping loud,... | |
| 1839 - 580 pages
...¡is pure celeatlal white, With streakinga of the morning light ; Then from hie mansion in the Bun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land. II. Majestic monarch of the cloud, Who ream aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumpings loud... | |
| John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings of the morning light ; Then from his" mansion in the sun She called her eagle...into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land. Majestic monarch of the cloud, Who rearst aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest tr limpings loud... | |
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