 | 1819 - 480 str.
...the seas! on ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, When Death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail. And frighted...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 str.
...seas ! dn ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave When Death, careering on the gale, , Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail> And frighted...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... | |
 | 1835 - 518 str.
...The stanza originally stood thus : — " Flag of the free heart's only homo, By angel hands to valour given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven ; And fixed as yonder orb divine, That saw thy bannered blaze unfurled, Shall thy proud stars resplendent... | |
 | 1834 - 430 str.
...the bellied sail. And frightened waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack. ^ The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven...triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home. By angel-hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were... | |
 | 1835 - 842 str.
...supposed to be from a different hand. The images contained in the lines, When Death careering on the gale Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted...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... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 str.
...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...look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. V. Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel... | |
 | 1835 - 320 str.
...round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven...triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1836 - 108 str.
...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...of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, IV. And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's hope... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - 1836 - 262 str.
...round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rock, The dying wanderer of the sea, Shall look at once to heaven...triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel-hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1836 - 110 str.
...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...broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. V. Flag of the free heart's hope... | |
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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 look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag... 
