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 bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back, Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall... The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems - Page 67by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 84 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1819 - 480 pages
...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, When...wildly back, Before the broad-side's reeling rack, The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee. And smile to see thy splendours... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...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,...rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack. The dying wand'rer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours... | |
| A. B. Cleveland - 1832 - 496 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...the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush wildly back, Before the broad-side's reeling rack; The dying wanderer of the... | |
| 1835 - 842 pages
...spirit, and might almost be supposed to be from a different hand. The images contained in the lines, When Death careering on the gale Sweeps darkly round...ru.sh wildly back, Before the broadside's reeling rock, are of the highest order of Ideality. The deficiencies * The expression "woven nir," much in-fined... | |
| 1834 - 430 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...the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail. And frightened waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack. ^ The dying wanderer of the... | |
| 1835 - 320 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...the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, The dying wanderer of the sea... | |
| 1836 - 362 pages
...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...rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours... | |
| 1836 - 268 pages
...arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death ! Flag of the seas! on ocean's wave, Thy rtars shall glitter o'er the brave, When death, careering...rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, — The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors... | |
| 1839 - 580 pages
...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...broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Khali look at once to heaven and the«, And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumrh o'er his closing... | |
| John Keese - 1840 - 300 pages
...shrink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seae ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave...bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel hands to valour given ; The stars have lit the welkin... | |
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