 O, better that her shatter'd 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!  Readings in American Poetry - Strona 160autor: Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - Liczba stron: 264Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - Liczba stron: 374
...conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea 1 O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave I Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - Liczba stron: 514
...preservation of the Constitution on the roll of the American Navy : — "0, better that her shattered hull Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there shonld be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - Liczba stron: 382
...knee ; — 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...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! THE CUMBERLAND. AT anchor in Hampton Roads we lay, On board the Cumberland, sloop-of-war ; And at... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - Liczba stron: 470
...tread Or know the conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck Oh, better that her ehatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook...to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale. (Droirri by A. ELWte.) THE JACKDAW. [WILLIAM COWPBR. Ste Paye 39, Vol. I.] THERE is a bird, who by... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - Liczba stron: 570
...вее That banner in the sky." And so on to the grandest verse of all : " О better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...there should be her grave. " Nail to the mast her tattered flag, Set every threadbare sail ; And give hor to the god of storms. The lightning and the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1878 - Liczba stron: 356
...knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! 0 better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; 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... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - Liczba stron: 354
...knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea 1 Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! HOLIIES. SWEET HOME. 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - Liczba stron: 152
...knee ; — 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...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! HOLMES. SWEET HOME. 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1879 - Liczba stron: 712
...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...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, THE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS LOVE. Dearest, a look is but a ray Reflected in a certain way ; A word, whatever... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - Liczba stron: 1106
...Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood 0 better that her shattered VX 7 ! OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, — The ship was... | |
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