 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...steadily steering its course To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down upon ns heavily rnns, Silent nnd sullen, the floating fort; Then comes a puff of smoke...death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We arc not idle, but send her straight Dch'nncc back in a full broadside 1 As hail rebounds from a roof... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1863 - 410 pages
...steadily steering its course To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down upon us heavily runs, Silent and sullen, the floating fort; Then comes a puff of...broadside! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate, Eebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Strike your flag!" the rebel... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...steadily steering its course To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down npon us heavily runs, Silent and sullen, the floating fort; Then comes a puff of...terrible death, With fiery breath, From each open port. Wo are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside 1 As hail rebounds from a... | |
 | Frank Moore - History - 1864 - 364 pages
...steadily steering its course To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down upon us heavily runs Silent and sullen the floating fort ; Then comes a puff of...heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1864 - 232 pages
...steadily steering its course To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down upon us heavily runs, Silent and sullen, the floating fort ; Then comes a puff...rebounds from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail Prom each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Strike your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...steadily steering its course, To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down upon us heavily runs, Silent and sullen, the floating fort ; Then comes a puff of smoke from her gucs, And leaps the terrible death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...idle, hut send her Defiance hack in a full hroadside As hail rehounds from a roof of slat:. Rehounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Strike your flag ! " the rehel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...steadily steering its course, To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down upon us heavily runs Silent and sullen, the floating fort ; Then comes a puff...death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We arc not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside 1 As hail rebounds from a roof... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 368 pages
...steadily steering its course To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down upon us heavily runs, Silent and sullen, the floating fort ; Then comes a puff of smoke from her guns, And leaps the terrrible death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Massachusetts - 1866 - 948 pages
...Down upon \a heavily runs, Silent and sullen, the floating fort : Then comes a pull" of smoke from the guns, And leaps the terrible death With fiery breath From each open port. * f We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from... | |
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The alarum of drums swept past, Or a bugle blast From the camp on the shore. Then far away to the south uprose A little feather of snow-white smoke, And we knew that the iron ship of our foes Was steadily steering its course To try the force Of our ribs... 
