 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...winds were hurrying o'er the flood ' And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep... | |
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep... | |
 | American literature - 1836 - 694 pages
...winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! "Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - Boston (Mass.) - 1838 - 242 pages
...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...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | 1838 - 434 pages
...hurrying o'er the (loud, And waves were white below, No more shall feel ihe victor's tread, Or bow the conquered knee — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! •. Oh, better that her shattered hull Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more sli.ill feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! О better that her shattered bulk Should sink beneath the wave : Her thunders shook the mighty deep... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 528 pages
...flood, And waves were white below — No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | William McCarty - National songs - 1842 - 484 pages
...flood, And waves were white below — No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquer'd knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
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Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! 
