 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
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1915 - 360 pages
...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...there should be her grave; Nail to the mast her holy Sag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! CHAPTER... | |
 | Emilie Kip Baker - 1915 - 232 pages
...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...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; 54 Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! OLIVER... | |
 | 1898 - 792 pages
...conquered knee — 280 "OLD IRONSIDES." The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the seal "Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare saili And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale!" The thrill which the poem sent... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - 532 pages
...shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck is The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered...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,... | |
 | 1890 - 730 pages
...harpies of the shore " should " pluck the eagle of the sea," — he made this proposal in verse : " O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave; 121 " Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms,... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - 410 pages
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck 15 The eagle of the sea ! 0 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,... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1917 - 360 pages
...shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — is The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! O, better that her shattered...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... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1917 - 360 pages
...tread, Or know the conquered knee; — is The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the seal 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... | |
 | 1917 - 190 pages
...of history is that the ship was saved by this poetic fulmination, the concluding verse of which is: O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave: Her thunder shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every... | |
 | 1918 - 596 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...mighty deep, And there should be her grave: Nail to her mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the god of storms, The lightning... | |
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