 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 352 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storm The lightning and the gale ! " warfare probably offer nothing to surpass the conduct of the American... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies 2 of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea. O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms,5 THE LAST LEAF. I SAW him once before. As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones... | |
 | Walter Learned - 1897 - 338 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunder shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag. Set... | |
 | Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1900 - 120 páginas
...shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — A meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to her mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning... | |
 | Ira Nelson Hollis - 1900 - 348 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! " Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should he her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of... | |
 | Frank Townsend Southwick - 1900 - 488 páginas
...victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee : The 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, Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning... | |
 | George Briggs Aiton - 1901 - 236 páginas
...Holmes The closing stanza of a poem written in protest against the dismasting of Old Ironsides. Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, AITON'S DESCRIPTIVE SPELLEB, 180 EXERCISE 544 The War of 1812 Hull Law rence cap tured frig ates in... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 600 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies * of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea. O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms,5 The lightning and the gale. THE LAST LEAF. I SAW him once before, As he passed by the door,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1903 - 260 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea. " 0 better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...mighty deep And there should be her grave ; Nail to her mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the God of storms, The lightning... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1903 - 108 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; ss The 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, vi And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give... | |
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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... 
