 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 - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1845 - 288 pages
...has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rang 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, Where winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rang the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall... | |
 | 1848 - 276 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...And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 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 O better that... | |
 | 1850 - 264 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...And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1851 - 622 pages
...the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! 1 Her deck, once red with heroes ' blood, Where knell the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were whit« below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the... | |
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