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
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 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 I Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, "When winds were hurrying... | |
| John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! 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 victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the... | |
| 1880 - 700 pages
...That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The master of the Ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more !...— Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were whistling o'er the flood And waves were white below — No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 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 clouds no more. Her deck, once red with hero's blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 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... | |
| 1872 - 660 pages
...the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shont, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the. ocean-air Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...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... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 706 pages
...That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The master of the Ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her...• Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were humming o'er the flood And waves were white below — No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know... | |
| Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...The meteor of the ocean-air Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished ibe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall t'eel the vietor's tread, Or know the conquered knee : The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle... | |
| Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 248 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds uo more! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where...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 sea!... | |
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