 | 1880 - 700 Seiten
...That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The master of the Ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more !...— Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were whistling o'er the flood And waves were white below — No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know... | |
 | 1870 - 588 Seiten
...audience has seen declaimed the opening lines of Dr. Holmes's beautiful poem " Old Ironsides:" — "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down, Long has it waved...an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky," etc. VII. PES — WHAT THE FOOT SAID. SISTER MANUS did me great injustice. I had no idea of hurrying... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 Seiten
...Constitution, or to convert her into a receiving-ship, as unfit for service. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rang the battle shout And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more.... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 Seiten
..." From yon lone attic, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with his schoolboy scorn : — Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...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 Her deck, once red... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 Seiten
...so famed in the war of 1812 for her victories over the " Guerriere " and " Java" :/ OLD IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 706 Seiten
...That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The master of the Ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her...• Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were humming o'er the flood And waves were white below — No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 248 Seiten
...are green, and their hands are blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve. EDWARD LEAR. OLD IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 Seiten
...casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Poetry, a Metrieal Essay. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. Ibid. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 Seiten
...Ironsides ! From yon lone attie, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with hia school-boy scorn. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 Seiten
...bliss for evermore. Amen. Amen. OLD IRONSIDES. [OW HOLMES. S« Poge 30, Vol. II Y, tear her tatter'd ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many an...to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rang the bnttle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more.... | |
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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... 
