 | 1819 - 480 trang
...when the cannon-moutlimgs loud Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud. And gory sabres rise and fall, There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering...sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lofty messenger of death. Flag of the seas! on ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave,... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 trang
...midnight's pall ! There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath i'lach gallant arm, that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! dn ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave When Death, careering on the gale, , Sweeps... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 trang
...Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall ; Then shall thy meteor-glances glow, And cowering foes snail sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes 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... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 trang
...shoots of flame on midnight's pall ; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall shrink beneath Each gallant 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... | |
 | 1836 - 268 trang
...gory sabres rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall, — There shall thy victor glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant...of death ! Flag of the seas! on ocean's wave, Thy rtars shall glitter o'er the brave, When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - 1836 - 264 trang
...on midnight's pall ! There shall thy victor.glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink henoatb, • Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas, oil ocean's wave , Thy stars shall [[litter o'er the brave, When (tenth, careering on the gale, Sweeps... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1837 - 278 trang
...shoots of flame on midnight's pall ; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall shrink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes 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... | |
 | 1839 - 580 trang
...flame on ш ¡dnight'a раП ; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering Cues shall shrink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy flam »hall glitter o'er the brave ; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly... | |
 | 1839 - 430 trang
...Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall! There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes sha'l sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 trang
...shoots of flame on midnight's pall ; Then shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall shrink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the bravef When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly... | |
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And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea... 
