 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, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath wrung the battle-shont, And burst the cannon's • Angels round His glory-throne ; Stars, his guiding band victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - 1921 - 502 pages
...eye hae danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And far the cannon's roar, The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more." —0. W. Holmes. Among the most interesting relics preserved by the Buffalo Historical Society are... | |
 | United States. Naval History Division - 1969 - 82 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 clouds no more." On her decks are enshrined some of the proudest traditions of the American people. "Old Ironsides"... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 pages
...Charleston, Mass. Holmes wrote out this copy of the poem in the final weeks of the American Civil War. Old Ironsides. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!...of the ocean air / Shall sweep the clouds no more! / victors' tread, /Or know the conquered knee; — /The harpies of the shore shall pluck / The eagle... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 pages
...in the final weeks of the American Civil War. Old Ironsides. Ay, tear her tattered ensign dou>n! / Long has it waved on high,/ And many an eye has danced...of the ocean air / Shall sweep the clouds no more! / victors' tread, / Or know the conquered knee; — / The harpies of the shore shall pluck / The eagle... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 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 victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee: The harpies of the shore shall pluck... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 pages
...has danced to see That banner in the sky; 5 Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep...clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, 10 Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 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...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 the... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 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...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 the... | |
 | David L. Larsen - 644 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 clouds no more. Only five foot three inches tall, Holmes was a sprightly and peppery soul. He turned to law and then... | |
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