 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 ; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more I Her  Readings in American Poetry - Strona 160autor: Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - Liczba stron: 264Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - Liczba stron: 386
...Old Ironsides." Most of the lines require full, round, pure, ringing tones : Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - Liczba stron: 794
...hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Poetry, a Metrical Essay. 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. ibid. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms,... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - Liczba stron: 636
...trophy, this, For thee, immortal Salamis! Miss Jews/nay. ccxvm. OLD IRONSIDES. 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 ; — STANDARD SELECTIONS. 309 Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - Liczba stron: 806
...hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Poetry, a Metrical Essay. 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. ibid. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - Liczba stron: 474
...hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. A Metrical Essay. 344 LOWELL. 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. A Metrical Essay. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God... | |
 | David Macrae - 1870 - Liczba stron: 440
..." Metrical Essay" delivered before the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Society, and " Ay, tear her batter'd ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky." And so on to the grandest verse of all— " O better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1870 - Liczba stron: 802
...hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Poetry, a Metrical Essay. 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. ibi4. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms,... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - Liczba stron: 422
...or to convert her into a receiving-ship, a* unlit lor service. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down I Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has 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... | |
 | David Macrae - 1870 - Liczba stron: 422
..."Metrical Essay " delivered before the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Society, and began— " Ay, tear her batter'd ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky." And so on to the grandest verse of all— " O better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1871 - Liczba stron: 410
...to break up the frigate Constitution, or to convert her into a receiving-ship, as unfit for service. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down! Long has it waved...has 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... | |
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