| Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 pages
...victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee— The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storm The lightning and the gale ! " warfare probably offer nothing to surpass the conduct of the American... | |
| 1835 - 320 pages
...conqueror's tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale! COLUMBIA'S GREAT GLORY. HAI/LOW'D the birth-day of liberty's nation,... | |
| 1836 - 268 pages
...conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale ! THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG. fcY JO ' BRAINARD. ON the deep is the mariner's... | |
| 1836 - 694 pages
...conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! "Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale !" Here H a little song — very touching and very grand— by the most... | |
| Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 242 pages
...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...thread-bare sail, • And give her to the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! as the battle-axe of Richard, fell like a thunder-bolt on John Bull.... | |
| 1838 - 434 pages
...The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! •. Oh, better that her shattered hull Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...thread-bare sail, And give her to the God of storms The lightning and the gale! The Last Walk. BY MRS. LH SIGOUHSEV. THR vernal sky was soft and pure,... | |
| 1839 - 580 pages
...knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! О better that her shattered bulk Should sink beneath the wave : Her thunders shook...there should be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy Hag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale !... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...tread, Or know the conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck Oh ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! THE TREADMILL SONG. THE stars are rolling in the sky, The earth rolls... | |
| William McCarty - 1842 - 528 pages
...conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! 74 A SAILOR'S LIFE. How bless'd the life a sailor leads, From clime to... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! STANZAS. STRANGE ! that one lightly-whisper'd tone Is far, far sweeter... | |
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