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" AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her... "
The New Anthology of American Poetry: Traditions and Revolutions, Beginnings ... - Page 330
edited by - 2003 - 736 pages
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The Land We Live in: Or, The Story of Our Country

Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 pages
...high. And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar — The meteor of the...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...
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The Universal Songster and Museum of Mirth: A Collection of ..., Volume 2

1835 - 320 pages
...high, And many a heart has danc'd to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood ' And waves were white below, No more shall...
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The Laurel: a Gift for All Seasons: Being a Collection of Poems

1836 - 268 pages
...IRONSIDES." BY OW HOLMES. AY ! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has1 it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath...with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, No more shall feel the conqueror's tread Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall...
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 1; Volume 7

1836 - 694 pages
...followed. "OLD IRONSIDES. "Ay! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has it waved on high, And many a heart has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath...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 conqueror's...
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A Trip to Boston: In a Series of Letters to the Editor of the United States ...

Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 242 pages
...on Faux's Travels in America, as graceful as the scimitar of Saladin, but as powerful and effective Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's...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...
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A Trip to Boston: In a Series of Letters to the Editor of the United States ...

Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 236 pages
...Cabinet, any susceptibility to the influences of lofty verse, it must have had a magic power there. " Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Professors in the Divinity School. This gentleman is not unknown to fame, nor unworthy of the fame...
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Rural Repository, Volumes 14-15

1838 - 434 pages
...uf its subject; the last btonzos especially hoi a force ami power wbicb we have never Been excelled: Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved...many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Eeneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar — The meteor of the ocean air Sluill...
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Selections from the American Poets, Issue 111

William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...breathed a sigh o'er others' dust, Might call a tear on mine. OLD IRONSIDES. AY, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below — No more shall...
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Naval

William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pages
...high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean...deck — once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquish'd foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below — No more shall...
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Naval

William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pages
...sell her timbers. The author is OLIVER W. HOLMES, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Av, tear her tatter'd ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck — once red with...
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