 | 1854 - 576 Seiten
...Constitution, or to convert her into * receiving ship, ss unfit for service. 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 l — Beneath it rang the battle-shout, and burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air shall... | |
 | 1854 - 504 Seiten
...high, And many a heart 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 declc, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the... | |
 | One of 'em - 1855 - 330 Seiten
...shalt lay the asp to thine own bosom, and die. OLD IRQ N SIDES. BY OW HOLMES. AYE, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...deck, once red with heroes' blood Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall... | |
 | Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 Seiten
...exclamation of man : I am an American. SEVENTY-FIRST LESSON. OLD IRONSIDES. — Holmes. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...danced 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... | |
 | 1856 - 518 Seiten
...splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. JR DIUZB. 116. OLD IRONSIDES. AT, tear her tattered 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... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1856 - 276 Seiten
...proudly come, And set up there an everlasting home ! EXERCISE LVI OLD IRONSIDES. Ay, tear her tattered 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... | |
 | 1856 - 428 Seiten
...should prevail, throughout the reading or recitation of such pieces.] \oro.q.} Ay, 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. 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. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning... | |
 | Howard Paul - 1857 - 144 Seiten
...launch'd again To dance o'er the merry water. OLD IRONSIDES.* OLIVER w. Houtss. AY tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; * Written when it was proposed to break op the frigate " Constitution," as unfit for service. Beneath... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 Seiten
...OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 1. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign downM Long has it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky*; Beneath...battle-shout*, And burst the cannon's roar* : The meteor of the ocean-air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! 2. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the... | |
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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... 
