 Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Ea'ch dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.  Days with Uncle Jack - Page 19by John Walter Davis - 1914Full view - About this book
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...Each gallant arm, thai strikes below — That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave : When...careering on the gale. Sweeps darkly — round the bullied sail, And frighted waves— rush wittily back— Before the broadside's reeling rack. Each... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...Each gallant arm, that strikes below— That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave : When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly—round the bellied sail, And frighted waves—rush wildly backBefore the broadside's reeling... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...beneath Each gallant arm, thai strikes belowThai lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave : When death, careering on the pale, Sweeps darkly — round the bellied sail, And frighted waves— rush wildly back— Before the... | |
 | Charles P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 438 pages
...Each gallant arm, that strikes below — That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave : When death, careering on in- nie, Sweeps darkly— round the bellied sail. Ami frighted waves— rush wildly back— « Before... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...perhaps the best and as glowing an effusion of patriotism as may be readily found in the same comrass : " Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter...death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bullied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1846 - 428 pages
...beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely mossenger of death. Flag of the seas, on ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, When...the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush wildly back, Before the broad-side's reeling rack ; The dying wanderer of the... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...perhaps the best and as glowing an effusion of patriotism as may be readily found in the same comnass : " Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death, careering on the'gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted wares rush wildly back Before the broadside's... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter...wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and theo, And smile to see thy splendours fly, In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 456 pages
...the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush wildly back, Before the broad-side's reeling rack ; The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven...thy splendors fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free hearts' only home, By angel-hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,... | |
 | American poetry - 1848 - 276 pages
...cowering foes shall sink beneath I'.ach gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death ! When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round...wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack,— The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors... | |
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