 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 victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 120edited by - 1851Full view - About this book
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 pages
...prisoners by the Tripolitfuu tine held in captivity nineteen months. He died in Philadelphia, in 1833. 2. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea. 3. Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should1 sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 152 pages
...battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 250 pages
...battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 354 pages
...battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the floodr And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 488 pages
...battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds ne more ! 4 Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! ort not. ! 0 better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! • Her thunders shook the mighty... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 pages
...battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...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,... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1882 - 790 pages
...The reader will recall Holmcs's " Ay, tear her tattered ensign down," and his indignant dread lest " The harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea." — ED]. The day after he had assumed the command he informed the Department that the young gentlemen... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1881 - 254 pages
...battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! Oh, better that her shattered hulk % Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! ends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant...Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer Curves his ! Oh, bettor that her shattered hulk Should siuk beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
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