 Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath...  American Literature - Page 89by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1901 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1860 - 266 pages
...which inspires us always as on a battle-field, should be re-written by Drake, aud should read thus: " Forever float that standard sheet ; Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With ,sv<»ff,7/\s eoll beneath our feet, And Slavery's banner streaming o'er us?" Now, sir, what Is the... | |
 | William Dean Howells - 1860 - 414 pages
...which inspires us always as on a battle-field should be rewritten by Drake, and should read thus : " ' Forever float that standard sheet ; Where "breathes the foe but falls before us, With SLAVERY'S soil beneath our feet, And SLAVERY'S banner streaming o'er us ?' " Now, sir, what is the... | |
 | 1860 - 270 pages
...which inspires us always as on a battle-field, should be re-written by Drake, and should read thus : " Forever float that standard sheet ; Where breathes the foe but falls before us, \Vlth Slavery's soil beneath our feet, And Slavery^ banner streaming o'er us !" Now, sir, what Is the... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - 1861 - 1102 pages
...triumph the moment we deserve to. Then let us vindicate on the field our sincerity when we say, — " Forever float that standard sheet, Where breathes...freedom's soil beneath our feet, And freedom's banner floating o'er us." SPEECH OF COLONEL SIMON H. MIX. Colonel SIMOX H. Mix, of the Second New- York cavalry,... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pages
...And all thy hues were born in Heaven. Forever float that standard sheet, While breathes the foe, that falls before us : With Freedom's soil beneath our feet ; And Freedom's banner, streaming o'er us ! "f * Cicero, de officiis, I. 17. f The American Flag, by Dr. Drake. VI. INFLUENCE WITHOUT INTERVENTION,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...angel hands to valor given; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! WILLIAM B. TAPPAN, 1795—1849. Wn.LU» BIHGFAM TAPPA*, the son of Samuel Tappan, a teacher in Beverly,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...angel hands to valor .given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! WILLIAM B. TAPPAN, 1795—1S49. WILLIAM BINOHAM TAPPAN, the son of Samuel Tappan, a teacher in Beverly,... | |
 | William Gannaway Brownlow - 1862 - 508 pages
...Star-Spangled Banner; and let my children's children know that the last words I uttered on earth were,— " Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us I" January 1, 1862.—For the last four or five days I have been very sick, and I am now salivated... | |
 | William Gannaway Brownlow - 1862 - 512 pages
...Star-Spangled Banner; and let my children's children know that the last words I uttered on earth were, — " Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us !" January 1, 1862. — For the last four or five days I have been very sick, and I am now salivated... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Marshall - 1862 - 188 pages
...angel hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven I Forever float that standard sheet, — 'Where breathes...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er ual" APPENDIX APPENDIX. i. THE APPOINTMENT OF CANDIDATES, AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS. (This is a copy... | |
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