 As hail rebounds from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Strike your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies : " It is better to sink...  Lyrics of Loyalty - Page 196edited by - 1864 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...tho monster's hide. " Strike your flag! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole nir pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like n kraken huge and black. She crushed onr ribs in... | |
 | 1862 - 796 pages
...the monster's hide. " Strike your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better...death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next mom, as the sun rose over the hay, £ Still floated our flag at the mainmast-head. Lord, how beautiful... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...Of the monster's hide. "Strike your flag!" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. "Never!" our gallant Morris replies; "It is better...and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland all a wrack , With a sudden shudder of death , And the cannon's breath For... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...monster's hide. " Strike your flng! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never 1 " our gallant Morris replies; " It is better to sink...men. Then, like a kraken huge and black. She crushed onr ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With n sudden shudder of death,... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1863 - 410 pages
...old plantation strain. " Never!" our gallant Hero replies; " It is better to sink than to yield! v And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men....in her iron grasp! Down went the Cumberland all a wreck, "With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1864 - 418 pages
...your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Hero replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield! "...in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a wreck, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...the monster's hide. " Strike your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better...and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp 1 Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...the monster's hide. " Strike your flag !" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never !" our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better...yield !" And the whole air pealed With the cheers of the men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp ! Down went the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is hetter to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air pealed...the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and hlack. She crushed our rihs in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumherland all i wrack, With a sudden... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 352 pages
...the monster's hide. " Strike your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better...ribs in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a-wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as... | |
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