 When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, 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!  New National First [-fifth] Reader - Page 338by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benson John Lossing - 1905 - 516 pages
...knee : The harpies of the shore shall pluck The Eagle of the Sea ! 1 Oh ! better that her «battered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep. And there should be ber grave. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail. And give her to the Ood of Storms,... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905 - 746 pages
...Gate no toll; 5 o And live because He lives. 1892. 1892. gives, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES OLD IRONSIDES 1 Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave; Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! And... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1906 - 324 pages
...shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee;— The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea. O, better that her shattered...mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail. And give'her to the god of storms. The lightning and the gale! THE LAST LEAF. I SAW him once before. As... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens - 1906 - 504 pages
...Or know the conquered knee ; — 5 The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, 10 And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give... | |
 | Katherine Devereux Blake, Georgia Alexander - 1906 - 104 pages
...knee ; 15 The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her tattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, 20 And there should be her grave : THE BLUE AND THE GRAY 77 Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every... | |
 | 1907 - 372 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...flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the gods of storms, The lightning and the gale! OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 897 SOLDIER, REST! [Song from The... | |
 | Chestine Gowdy - 1907 - 112 pages
...Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck 15 The eagle of the sea! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; 20 Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms,... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - 1908 - 322 pages
...knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her tattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to the rnast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, THE WHITE-FOOTED... | |
 | Hanson Hart Webster - 1909 - 480 pages
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck u The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; M Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 428 pages
...tread, Or know the conquered knee;— I5 The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! 0 better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, 20 And there should be her grave: Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give... | |
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