 Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more !...  An English Grammar: For the Use of Schools - Page 299by James Mollison Milne - 1900 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1870 - 636 pages
...their fury dare. What a revenge, a trophy, this, For thee, immortal Salamis ! ccxvm. OLD IRONSIDES. AT, tear her tattered ensign down ! •^^ Long has it waved on high. And many an eye has danced to s«« That banner in the sky ; — Beneath it rang the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ;... | |
 | New York (State) - 1880 - 700 pages
...young poet, whose stanzas stirred up the sensibilities of the nation, and saved the dear old craft : " Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye hath danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - Recitations - 1871 - 410 pages
...Constitution, or to convert her into a receiving-ship, as unfit for service. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rang the battle shout And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1871 - 410 pages
...water, teem with delighted existence." Orotund. a, a, a, a, e, e, i, if, o, 6, o, ii, u, u, oi, ou. " Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high." FORCE. Very soft. " Give me three grains of corn, mother, Only three grains of corn ; It will keep... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
..." From yon lone attic, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with his schoolboy scorn : — Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar : The meteor of the ocean-air Her deck, once red with heroes'... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 706 pages
...sensibilities of even a public officer, and aroused similar sentiments in the hearts of the American people : "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye hath danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Poetry, a Metrieal Essay. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. Ibid. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds IK; more! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 pages
...Ironsides ! From yon lone attie, on a summer's morn, Thus mocked the spoilers with hia school-boy scorn. AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more 1 Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...hiiiii above the fight the lonely bugle grieves. GBENVILLE MELLES. OLD IRONSIDES. Av. tear her tatteml ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an...to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar: The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds n •... | |
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