 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 էջ
...the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread Or know the conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea 1 Oh, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 էջ
...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 eagle of the sea ! 0 better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 էջ
...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 eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 էջ
...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 shattered hulk Should sink beneath...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave. " Null to the mast her tattered flag, Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the god of storms.... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 էջ
...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 eagle of the sea. 3. Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should1 sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 354 էջ
...hurrying o'er the floodr 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 eagle of the sea 1 Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1880 - 352 էջ
...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...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; :%;~3Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 էջ
...hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know ! 0 better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! • Her thunders shook the mighty... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 էջ
...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 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 էջ
...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... | |
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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... 
