...a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. OLD IRONSIDES. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er...

...— Ay, tear her tattered unsign down ! Long has it waved on high, And man}' an eye has danced to gee That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle...meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe. When winds were hurrying o'er...

...a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. OLD IRONSIDES. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; (H6) _ c- ~ *=, -rJ ~^ ;_ Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor...

...Holmes wrote out this copy of the poem in the final weeks of the American Civil War. Old Ironsides. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! / Long has it waved...Beneath it rung the battle shout, / And burst the cannons' roar; — /The meteor of the ocean air / Shall sweep the clouds no more! / victors' tread,...

...in the final weeks of the American Civil War. Old Ironsides. Ay, tear her tattered ensign dou>n! / Long has it waved on high,/ And many an eye has danced.../ Beneath it rung the battle shout,/ And burst the cannons' roar; — /The meteor of the ocean air / Shall sweep the clouds no more! / victors' tread,...

...especially in its then Calvinist mode. Alas, there is no sign yet of such a collapse. Old Ironsides Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on...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!...

...Where I cling. (1. 43-48) AA; AmPP; AnAmPo; FaBoBe; FaPON; NAAL-1; PoLF; PWR; WBLP Old Ironsides 17 Ay, ch by love; Call her one, me another fly. We're tapers...too, and at our own cost die, And we in us find the (1. 1—4) 18 O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the...

...scuttle her in 1830, but a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes whipped up public sentiment. The poem began: Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. The Constitution still is a commissioned ship of the United States Navy, listed on the rolls as the...

...degrees. A complete edition of his poems appeared in 1895, the year following his death. OLD IRONSIDES Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; 5 Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall...

...I watched that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. OLD IRONSIDES Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on...meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er...