 | Henry Mann - United States - 1896 - 350 pages
...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 of...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... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...' 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...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...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...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... | |
 | American literature - 1836 - 694 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1838 - 434 pages
...(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 deep, And there should be her grave:... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - Boston (Mass.) - 1838 - 242 pages
...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 the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every thread-bare sail, • And... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - Boston (Mass.) - 1838 - 236 pages
...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 of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...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 Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...tread, Or know the conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck Oh ! better that her shatter'd 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... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 528 pages
...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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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... 
