 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 pages
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived, and valleys bloomed again ; While... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1851 - 584 pages
...victor':* trend, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea 1 ' O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...should be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Sut evrry threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms The lightning and the gale ! ' His writings... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 316 pages
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived, and valleys bloomed again ; While... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...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 hulk should sink beneath...the god of storms, — the lightning and the gale ! 31. THE BALI, AT BRUSSELS. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, JUNE 17, 1815- Lord Byron. Music... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...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 hulk should sink beneath...the god of storms, — the lightning and the gale ! 31. THE BALL AT BRUSSELS, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE OP WATERLOO, JUNE 17, 1815 Lord Byron. THERE... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 340 pages
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived, and valleys bloomed again : While... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shattered hulk should^fbk beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook the mighty deep,...the god of storms, — the lightning and the gale ! 31. THE BALL AT BRUSSELS, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE Or WATERLOO, Jus« 17, 1815. Lord Byron. Music... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy fl.ig, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms,— The lightning and the gale... | |
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Her deck once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, 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... 
