 | Henry Mann - United States - 1896 - 350 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...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...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... | |
 | American literature - 1836 - 694 pages
...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...hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall... | |
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...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... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - Boston (Mass.) - 1838 - 242 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - Boston (Mass.) - 1838 - 236 pages
...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 pages
...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 Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...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 - National songs - 1842 - 484 pages
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
