 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
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...cowering foes shall sink beneath Each galkut arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. iv. Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; When death, careering ou the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. IT. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the l>ruve ; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...beneath 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...thy splendors fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake, Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1860 - 218 pages
...arm that strikes below, The lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave Thy star shall glitter o'er the brave, When Death, careering...sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broad-sides reeling rack, The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee, And... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - Flags - 1861 - 24 pages
...glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath T II EAME RICA NFL Л (J . IV. Flag of the seas ! on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When...thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye ! Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given, Thy stare have lit the welkin... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1861 - 1102 pages
...and hopes ? " Flag of the brave ! thy folds shall fly, The sign of hope and triumph high ; * * * » * Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; * * * * * Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given, The stars have lit... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o er the brave; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps...thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel hands to valor given; Thy stars have lit the welkin... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Marshall - History - 1862 - 188 pages
...So dies the naval commander, in defence of the flag of his country ! " Flag of the seas I on ocean's wave, Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When...wildly back, Before the broadside's reeling rack, . Bach dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Marshall - Annapolis (Md.) - 1862 - 188 pages
...T. UNIYUWITT, ETC. # tt Flag of the seas f on ocean's waTe Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to sec thy splendors fty In triumph o'er his closing *yel" J. RODMAN DBAKB. NEW YORK: D. VAN KOSTRAND,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...below That lovely messenger of death. 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 bellicd sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer... | |
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