 | 1839 - 580 páginas
...knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! О better that her shattered bulk Should sink beneath the wave : Her thunders shook...there should be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy Hag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms — The lightning and the gale !... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 páginas
...knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck 10 The eagle of the sea ! Oh ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave z 15 Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the god of storms,... | |
 | 1848 - 276 páginas
...conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of stonnsThe lighjning and the gale! THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG. BY JO BRAI.NARli. f ON the deep is the mariner's... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1851 - 584 páginas
...victor':* trend, Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea 1 ' O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...should be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Sut evrry threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms The lightning and the gale ! ' His writings... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 páginas
...conquer'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy fl.ig, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms,— The lightning and the gale... | |
 | Popular educator - 1854 - 922 páginas
...conqucr'd knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh ! better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook...deep, And there should be her grave : Nail to the most her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and... | |
 | One of 'em - 1855 - 340 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; f Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, —... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 páginas
...conquer' d knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! 0, better that her shatter'd hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ; Kail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, —... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1856 - 276 páginas
...tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh ! better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, — EXERCISE LVII. DIRGE OF ALARIC, THE VISIG< TH, Who stormed and spoiled the city of Rome, and was... | |
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Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee ; — The harpies * of the shore shall pluck The... 
