 O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale!  A School Reader - Page 300by Fanny E. Coe - 1908Full view - About this book
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 398 pages
...Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her 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 feel the victors' tread, Or know the conquered knee: The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea!... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1956 - 1770 pages
...going to be torn apart. He said, uTear her tattered ensign down. Long has it waved on high." He says, "The harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea." Well, his poem stopped the tearing down of the Constitution. Let's hope that you will keep the American... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 pages
...burst the cannons' roar; — /The meteor of the ocean air / Shall sweep the clouds no more! / victors' tread, /Or know the conquered knee; — /The harpies of the shore shall pluck / The eagle of the sea! / О better that her shattered hulk / Should sink beneath the wave; /Her thunders shook the mighty... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 pages
...sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, 10 Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves...feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — 15 The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! Oh, better that her shattered hulk... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 pages
...Shall sweep the clouds no more! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood. Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Douglas Bond - 2007 - 212 pages
...as a memorial. He wrote: Her deck, once stained with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves...feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee '"Tis best Dr. Dudley is not here," whispered Mr. Pipes to Annie. "I fear, t' would strain his disposition."... | |
 | Paul Negri - 2002 - 146 pages
...Shall sweep the clouds no more! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! O better that her shattered hulk Should... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pages
...Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood. And waves...The eagle of the sea! Oh, better that her shattered bulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave;... | |
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