 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...  Poems of American History - Page 351redigeeritud poolt - 1908 - 704 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 lehte
...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...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... | |
 | 1835 - 320 lehte
...IRONSIDES.' Ay! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has it wav'd on high, And many a heart has danc'd to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,... | |
 | 1836 - 268 lehte
...IRONSIDES." BY OW HOLMES. AY ! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has1 it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath...with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall... | |
 | 1836 - 694 lehte
...followed. "OLD IRONSIDES. "Ay! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath...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 conqueror's... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 242 lehte
...on Faux's Travels in America, as graceful as the scimitar of Saladin, but as powerful and effective Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's...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... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 236 lehte
...Cabinet, any susceptibility to the influences of lofty verse, it must have had a magic power there. " Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Professors in the Divinity School. This gentleman is not unknown to fame, nor unworthy of the fame... | |
 | 1838 - 434 lehte
...uf its subject; the last btonzos especially hoi a force ami power wbicb we have never Been excelled: Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Eeneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar — The meteor of the ocean air Sluill... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1895 - 634 lehte
...the 'Constitution,' from being broken up as unfit for service : ' Ay, tear her battered ensign down 1 Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That ensign in the sky.' The burst of feeling which preserved ' Old Ironsides,' as the ship was familiarly... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 lehte
...breathed a sigh o'er others' dust, Might call a tear on mine. OLD IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below — No more shall... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 lehte
...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...deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below — No more shall... | |
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