 Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And...  Rural Repository - Page 1581834Full view - About this book
 | 1819 - 480 pages
...o'er the brave, When Death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail. And frighted 'waves rush wildly back, Before the broad-side's reeling...at once, to heaven and thee. And smile to see thy splendours flj, In triumph, o'er Ms closing eye. Flag of the frc<: hearts only home, By angel hands... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...bellied sail> And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack. The dying wand'rer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free hearts' only home, By angel hands... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - 1832 - 496 pages
...wreaths, the battle shroud, And glory,—sabres rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall! There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering...In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free hearts' only home, By angel-hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 pages
...round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. V. Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel... | |
 | 1836 - 362 pages
...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...look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly, In triumph o'er the closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel hands... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1836 - 108 pages
...round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, IV. And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's hope... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1837 - 278 pages
...round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel hands... | |
 | 1839 - 430 pages
...cowering foes sha'l sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round...thy splendors fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. By angel-hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, Flag of the free hearts' only home,... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly \ In triumph o'er his closing eye. t vgj^cj "Y Flag of the free heart's hope and home... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...round the bellied sail, ' And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel hands... | |
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