 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
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...Constitution was about to be broken up as unfit for service.] 1 AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced...burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. 2 Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1864 - 444 pages
...summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with his school-boy scoru. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced...the cannon's roar ; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - 1864 - 200 pages
...that I will take the liberty of making the verso Bpeak for itself. Ar, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see Beneath it rung the battle shout And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - 1865 - 194 pages
...I will take the liberty of making the" verse speak for itself. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced...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,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. A Metrical Essag. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That bauner in the sky. Ibid. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 pages
...injure fail, Complain not if your victim rail." OLD Hi ON SIDES. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced...burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...rattling peal of thunder. TIRY LOUD FORCE. [OLD mOXSIBES.— HOLMES.] Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high ; And many an eye has danced to Bee That banner in the sky ; Beneath It rung the battle-shoot, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...Ironsides." Most of the lines require full, round, pure, ringing tones : 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!... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 pages
...Ironsides." Most of the lines require full, round, pure, ringing tones : 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... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...For thee, immortal Salamis ! Miss Jews/nay. ccxvm. OLD 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 clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe,... | |
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