...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...conquered knee ; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,...

...the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquer'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 the mighty...

...battle-shoot, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no morel Oil, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty aeajn. TERV SOFT FORCE. [FROM TEXSTSON'S NEW YKAR'S EVE.] You'll burj me, my mother, just beneath the...

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...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...harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea 1 O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook the mighty deep,...

...for service, they refused to permit her to be broken up, and every one exclaimed with the poet : 0, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath...shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave." And, alas! if the government had continued to respect the instrument as they did the emblem ; if they...

...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...conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ! Her thunders shook the mighty deep,...

...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...conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave! Her thunders shook the mighty deep,...

...see That banner in the sky." And so on to the grandest verse of all— " 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 tatter'd flag. Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the...

...the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquer'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 the mighty deep,...