 | E.H. Butler & Co - 1853 - 396 páginas
...When 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. 3. Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave : Her thunders shook the mighty... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 394 páginas
...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! 3. 0, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1883 - 338 páginas
...When 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,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 396 páginas
...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! 3. O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 398 páginas
...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! 3. O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 páginas
...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... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 398 páginas
...When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victors' tread, Or know the conquered knee: The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea 1 O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave I — Nail to the mast her holy flag,... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 398 páginas
...When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victors' 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! — Nail to the mast her holy flag,... | |
 | 1891 - 800 páginas
...of history is that the ship was saved by this poetic fulmination, the concluding verse of which is : "Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave'; Her thunder shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every... | |
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Her deck, once red with heroes' 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 the conquered knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The... 
