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... flag of truce , and endeavoring to procure the release of Dr. Beanes , before the fleet sailed . It was then lying at the mouth of the Potomac , and its destination was not at that time known with certainty . Dr. Beanes , as perhaps you ...
... flag of truce , and endeavoring to procure the release of Dr. Beanes , before the fleet sailed . It was then lying at the mouth of the Potomac , and its destination was not at that time known with certainty . Dr. Beanes , as perhaps you ...
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... flags of truce and exchange of prisoners , and who was well known as such to the officers of the fleet , was directed to accompany Mr. Key . And as soon as the arrangements were made , he hastened to Baltimore , where the vessel was ...
... flags of truce and exchange of prisoners , and who was well known as such to the officers of the fleet , was directed to accompany Mr. Key . And as soon as the arrangements were made , he hastened to Baltimore , where the vessel was ...
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... flag of Fort McHenry from the deck of the vessel . He proceeded then with much ani- mation to describe the scene on the night of the bombardment . He and Mr. Skinner remained on deck during the night , watching every shell , from the ...
... flag of Fort McHenry from the deck of the vessel . He proceeded then with much ani- mation to describe the scene on the night of the bombardment . He and Mr. Skinner remained on deck during the night , watching every shell , from the ...
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... flag of the enemy . At length the light came , and they saw that our flag was still there . " And as the day advanced , they discovered , from the movements of the boats between the shore and the fleet , that the troops had been roughly ...
... flag of the enemy . At length the light came , and they saw that our flag was still there . " And as the day advanced , they discovered , from the movements of the boats between the shore and the fleet , that the troops had been roughly ...
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... flag he had watched for so anxiously as the morning opened ; that he had written some lines , or brief notes that would aid him in calling them to mind , upon the back of a letter which he happened to have in his pocket ; and for some ...
... flag he had watched for so anxiously as the morning opened ; that he had written some lines , or brief notes that would aid him in calling them to mind , upon the back of a letter which he happened to have in his pocket ; and for some ...
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Ajax arms Art thou Beanes bear beauty behold bestow Bible Bladensburg bless bliss brave breath bright wreath British army brows Bruin Cæsar called Catechism CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY Christ Christian command Covenanters darkness daugh death Delia Diomede Divine E'en e'er earth Fair land faith fear feel flag fleet form a bright friends Georgetown gift gilt give gloom glory grace grave hand hath hear heart HEATHERDALE heaven honor hope Illustrated John Anderson Key's light live look Lord maiden morn morocco never nigh night path patriot peace Pilgrim's Progress plain poet's portrait praise prayer rapture rich ROBERT CARTER Sarah Gayle scenes shine ships Sing sister smile song sorrow soul springs Star Spangled Banner stitches sweet tears tell thee There's There's a home thine things Thomas Cochrane thou my Father thou shalt thought treasures Ulysses vols warm words ye nations
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Page 33 - On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 68 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 32 - Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Page 153 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 172 - Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, Wretched wanderer, far astray; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee From the paths of death away...
Page 34 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto— "IN GOD IS OUR TRUST...
Page 33 - Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 173 - Wretched wanderer, far astray ; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee From the paths of death away ; Praise, with love's devoutest feeling, Him who saw thy guilt-born fear, And, the light of hope revealing, Bade the blood-stained cross appear. 3 Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling Vainly would my lips express...
Page 172 - I'd praise thee, -^ For the bliss thy love bestows; For the pardoning grace that saves me, And the peace that from it flows...
Page 153 - And I said, It is mine own infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest.