Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath... The New-York Book of Poetry - Page 120edited by - 1837 - 253 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...And smile to see thy splendours fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free hearts' only home, By angel hands to valour given : Thy stars have...the welkin dome And all thy hues were born in heaven ! Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe that falls before it ? With Freedom's... | |
| American literature - 1835 - 518 pages
...written by Mr. Halleck. The stanza originally stood thus : — " Flag of the free heart's only homo, By angel hands to valour given, Thy stars have lit...welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven ; And fixed as yonder orb divine, That saw thy bannered blaze unfurled, Shall thy proud stars resplendent... | |
| 1834 - 430 pages
...fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home. By angel-hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven \ Forever fl&at that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us. With Freedom's soil... | |
| Joseph Rodman Drake - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 226 pages
...at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. V. Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel...welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil... | |
| Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe, but falls before us, With freedom's soil... | |
| American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...And smile to see thy splendors fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home ! By angel hands to valour given, — . Thy stars...welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven ! Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe that stands before us ? With Freedom's... | |
| Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - Education - 1836 - 262 pages
...splendors fly, In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel-hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe, but falls before u», With Freedom's soil... | |
| Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - Education - 1836 - 264 pages
...splendors fly, In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel-hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were horn in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe, but falls before us, With... | |
| John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...closing eye. t vgj^cj "Y Flag of the free heart's hope and home f By angel hands to valour given ; The stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born hi heaven. For ever float that standard sheet ! } Where breathes the foe but falls before us, r^ With... | |
| William McCarty - 1842 - 482 pages
...And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er the closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel hands to valour given ! Thy stars have...welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven! Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With freedom's soil... | |
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