Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. A patriotic primer for the little citizen ... - Page 23by Wallace Foster - 1898 - 113 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1819 - 480 pages
...cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lofty messenger of death. Flag of the seas! on ocean's wave Thy stars shall...dying wanderer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee. And smile to see thy splendours flj, In triumph, o'er Ms closing eye. Flag of the... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...beneath i'lach gallant arm, that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! dn ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave...back Before the broadside's reeling rack. The dying wand'rer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly, In... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; When...wildly back Before the broad-side's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors... | |
| A. B. Cleveland - 1832 - 496 pages
...cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas, on ocean's wave Thy stars shall...the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush wildly back, Before the broad-side's reeling rack; The dying wanderer of the... | |
| 1834 - 430 pages
...cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave Thy stars shall...the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail. And frightened waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack. ^ The dying wanderer of the... | |
| 1835 - 842 pages
...spirit, and might almost be supposed to be from a different hand. The images contained in the lines, When Death careering on the gale Sweeps darkly round...ru.sh wildly back, Before the broadside's reeling rock, are of the highest order of Ideality. The deficiencies * The expression "woven nir," much in-fined... | |
| Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 pages
...Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. IV. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When...rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours... | |
| 1835 - 320 pages
...cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas, on ocean's wave Thy stars shall...the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, The dying wanderer of the sea... | |
| 1836 - 362 pages
...cowering foes shall fall beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death ! Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall...The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly, In triumph o'er the closing eye. Flag of the... | |
| 1836 - 268 pages
...arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death ! Flag of the seas! on ocean's wave, Thy rtars shall glitter o'er the brave, When death, careering...dying wanderer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the... | |
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