 Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale!  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Strana 144upravili: - 1851Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | George Boyle - 1886 - 318 str.
...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 hoik Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 396 str.
...which consists of a clause which is enlarged by modifiers; as, They tell us | that - we - are - weak. The harpies of the shore shall pluck | the - eagle of - the - sea. III. Pause after an element of a sentence placed for emphasis out of its grammatical order; as, Blithe... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1956 - 1770 str.
...going to be torn apart. He said, uTear her tattered ensign down. Long has it waved on high." He says, "The harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea." Well, his poem stopped the tearing down of the Constitution. Let's hope that you will keep the American... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 str.
...cannons' roar; — /The meteor of the ocean air / Shall sweep the clouds no more! / victors' tread, / Or know the conquered knee; — / The harpies of the shore shall pluck / The eagle of the sea! / 0 better that her shattered hulk / Should sink beneath the wave; / Her thunders shook the mighty... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 str.
...once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, No more shall feel the victor'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 the wave! Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 str.
...And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — 15 The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! Oh, better that her shattered hulk , Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 str.
...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 eagle of the sea! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 str.
...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 eagle of the sea! O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
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