 | Mrs. Day - 1874 - 342 pages
...voice and sang, " Let Erin remember the days of old," in a rich baritone. Walter Grant followed with " The flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze," and to his tenor his brother George supplied some bass notes that greatly improved the effect of the song.... | |
 | Richard Doddridge Blackmore - 1884 - 288 pages
...The battle aud the breeze. " But fast would flow the nation's tears, If traitor hands should seize The flag that braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze. "And shall we yield to dastard fears Our empire of the seas — The flag that braved a thousand years The... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1886 - 300 pages
...accordance with th e New System of Naval Warfare). YE mariners of England, Be vigilant to to seize The flag that braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze ; And if your ships be launched again To meet a foreign foe, Ere ye sweep through the deep Send your divers... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 564 pages
...The battle and the breeze. " But fast would flow the nation's tears, If traitor hands should seize The flag that braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze. " And shall we yield to dastard fears Our empire of the seas — The flag that braved a thousand years The... | |
 | Johan Carel Voigt - Afrikaners - 1899 - 342 pages
...themselves the r6le of representatives of South African public opinion, they love to sing the praises of the " flag that braved a thousand years, the battle and the breeze," and make pathetic allusions to the noble figure of Britannia leaning on her shield, and, armed with the... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1924 - 428 pages
...measure to thank for her being as she is the brightest jewel in the British Crown and for her flying the flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze ; and she may forgive him for the fruitless attempt to sever her destinies from the rest of the British world.... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1852 - 570 pages
...up to the time of divine service. From the tops of St. Michael's and Christ Church towers floated " the flag that •braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze ; " and throughout the route that the procession was expected to take, very many descriptions of our time-honoured... | |
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From the Lancashire side, north of Liverpool, the fort and lighthouse are seen to great advantage; and in fine weather the vessels passing and repassing present a lively scene of very high interest. Smoking steamers, proceeding on their courses without... 
