 | Henry Sedley - 1865 - 314 หน้า
...disgrace. A stain which until wiped out will always disgrace your flag." " ' Nail to the mast that tattered flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms. The lightnin' and the gale 1' " At some such point as this the Doctor would usually give up the argument,... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 หน้า
...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...to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale ! THE WASP AND THE BEE. A WASP met a bee that was just buzzing by, And he said, "Little cousin, can... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1866 - 628 หน้า
...will endeavor, with all the power that God has given me, to ' Spread all her canvas to the breeze, Set every threadbare sail. And give her to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale.' " But these cautious men were overborne by the fiery zealots. One of these (Mulling, from Marion),... | |
 | 1867 - 492 หน้า
...thunders shoo!; the mighty deep, Anil them should he her grave ; Nail to Mi« mast IHM- holv flag, Sot every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale! " The lament of Brother Jonathan for Sister Caroline," written when SC seceded, has been much admired.... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 หน้า
...battle-shoot, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no morel Oil, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty aeajn. TERV SOFT FORCE. [FROM TEXSTSON'S NEW YKAR'S EVE.] You'll burj me, my mother, just beneath the... | |
 | 1866 - 950 หน้า
...lotice,-*. т.-, (¡rely applicable to our own loved ihR. The third verso is peculiarly fine. О better (hat her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders .shook the mighty deep, Anil there should be hrr grave : Nail to Ihc mast her holv tlujz. Het every threadbare sail, Anil give... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 หน้า
...shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale I IIL—NORTHERN LABORERS. HENRY WILSON. A South Carolina member of the United States Senate, Mr. Hammond,... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1867 - 660 หน้า
...reversed. The subject is taken from the following lines in Dr. Holmes' poem of the same title : " ' O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! ' " Among the other best-known pictures of Hamilton are " An Egyptian Sunset," " Wrecked Hopes,"... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 หน้า
...shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave 1 Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The... | |
 | George Wythe Munford - 1867 - 60 หน้า
...for service, they refused to permit her to be broken up, and every one exclaimed with the poet : 0, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave." And, alas! if the government had continued to respect the instrument as they did the emblem ; if they... | |
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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 eagle... 
