 WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings...  New National First[ -fifth] Reader - Page 405by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884Full view - About this book
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pages
...well." 166 TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. BY JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...And striped its pure celestial white With streakings from the morning light! Then, from her mansion in the sun, She call'd her eagle bearer down, And gave... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...long loved in thy wild minstrelsy. THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...skies, And striped its pure, celestial white, With streamings of the morning light ; Then from his mansion in the sun She call'd her eagle bearer down,... | |
 | 1842 - 498 pages
...and marked emphasis, an ode, of which the first stanza is as follows : When Freedem from her monntain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore...the azure robe of Night, And set the stars of glory ther-r-re ! If the author of this composition could have listened to Mr. Chipp's recitation, his feelings... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...great God adore. THE AMERICAN FLAG. BY JOSEPH R. DRAKE. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...; Then from his mansion in the sun She call'd her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Majestic monarch of... | |
 | 1861 - 1148 pages
...attractive, of that other well known lyric, by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. " When Freedom from her mountain bight, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure...robe of night, And set the stars of glory there." It is illustrated from drawings by DABLEY, and adapted by Geo. Danskin to music from Bellini. [For... | |
 | 1844 - 620 pages
...origin of the stripes and stars in the American liag : When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakingsof the morning light! This word ' baldric' is in great request. The Americans make heavy... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...morning gild it, and parting day linger and play on its summit. CXXI. THE AMERICAN FLAG. JR DRAKE. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her...stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dies The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings of the morning... | |
 | Alonzo Lewis - 1844 - 300 pages
...Hill — Paper Money — Peace Proclaimed — Manners and Customs before the Revolution. 1765 to 1783. When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her...air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stare of glory there. v DBA KB. •* MONG the encroachments of the arbitrary power of the Mother Country,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...the morning gild it, and parting day linger and play on iU summit. CXXI. THE AMERICAN FLAG. JK DRAKE. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her...standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand,... | |
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