 | 1829 - 440 pages
...gory sabres rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight pall,— There shall thy victor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant...that strikes below ' That lovely messenger of death! Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, When death, careering on... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - Education - 1836 - 262 pages
...shroud, And glory—sabres rise and fail, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall ! There shall th} 7 victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink...that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas, on ocean's wave Tliy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, When death, careering on... | |
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...glance And when the cannon-mouthmgs loud, Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud,. And gory sabres rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall,— There shall thy victor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 282 pages
...And gory sabres rise and fall Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant...that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; When death, careering on the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 536 pages
...And gory sabres rise and fall Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall ; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant...that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er tho brave ; When death, careering on... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...And gory sabres rise and fall Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall ; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant...that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas Í on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death, careering on... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 284 pages
...And gory sabres rise and fall Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant...that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; When death, careering on the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1844 - 492 pages
...; And when the cannon's mouthings loud, Heave, in wild wreaths, the battle shroud, And gory sabers rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall, There, shall thy victor glrnces glow, And cowering foes shall sink below Each gallant arm, that strikes beneath That... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1844 - 330 pages
...glories burn; ; . , And as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance. i And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below And when the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild wreathes the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise and... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...sky-born glories burn; And as his springing steps advance, Catch war find vengeance from tho glance. And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below And when the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild wreathes the battle shroud, And gory sabres rise and... | |
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glory,—sabres rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall! There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps... 
