 | 1863 - 640 páginas
...like n kraken huge and black. She crushed onr ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland nil a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's...morn, as the sun rose over the bay, Still floated our flng at the mainmast-head. Lord, how beautiful was thy day I Kvery wait of the air Was a whisper of... | |
 | 1862 - 796 páginas
...the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole...death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next mom, as the sun rose over the hay, £ Still floated our flag at the mainmast-head. Lord, how beautiful... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 páginas
...flag!" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. "Never!" our gallant Morris replies; "It is better to sink than to yield! " And the whole...and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland all a wrack , With a sudden shudder of death , And the cannon's breath For... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1863 - 410 páginas
...old plantation strain. " Never!" our gallant Hero replies; " It is better to sink than to yield! v And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men....in her iron grasp! Down went the Cumberland all a wreck, "With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | 1863 - 640 páginas
..." the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never 1 " our gallant Morris replies; " It is better to sink than to yield !" And the whole...men. Then, like a kraken huge and black. She crushed onr ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With n sudden shudder of death,... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1864 - 418 páginas
..." the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Hero replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield! " And the whole...in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a wreck, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 páginas
...the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole...and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp 1 Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 páginas
...!" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never !" our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield !" And the whole air pealed With the cheers of the men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp ! Down went the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 páginas
...cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is hetter to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air pealed...the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and hlack. She crushed our rihs in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumherland all i wrack, With a sudden... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1866 - 654 páginas
...plantation strain, " Never !" our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield I " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men....morn, as the sun rose over the bay, Still floated our floe; at the mainmast-head, Lord, how beautiful was Thy day I Every waft of the air Was a whisper of... | |
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As hail rebounds from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Strike your flag !" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. "Never !" our gallant Morris replies ; "It is better to sink than... 
