 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
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 lehte
...smile as I do now At the old forsaken bough 346 OLIVER W. HOLMES. OLD IRONSIDES." AT, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...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... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 528 lehte
...sell her timbers. The author is OLIVER W. HOLMES, of Cambridge, Massachuwtta, Av, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...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... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 lehte
...sell her timbers. The author is OLIVER W. HOLMES, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Av, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 324 lehte
...AT, tear her tatter'd ensign down! And many an eye has danced to see Long has it waved on high, • That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle...meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more! Oh! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 lehte
...patience through life's little day, 13* OLD IRONSIDES.* BY OLIVER W. HOLMES. AT, tear her tatter'd ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an...to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the hattle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 lehte
...patriotic lines. Would that the time had arrived when all weapons of war »ere only valuable as relics ! Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...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... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 lehte
...down ! I ] Long has it waved on high ; And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; 6 Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's...deck, — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, 6 When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, — No more... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 lehte
...And many an eye has danced to see • That banner in the sky ; 5 Beneath it rung the battle shout, The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds...with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, 5 When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below,— No more shall feel the victor's... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 lehte
...throughout the reading or recitation of such pieces.] [oro. q.] Ay, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! [I] Long has it waved on high ; And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; 5 Beneath it rung the battle shout, The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more !... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 lehte
...high; That banner in the sky; 5 Beneath it rung the battle shout, And many an eye has danced to see 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 vanquish'd foe, 6 When winds were hurrying o'er... | |
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