 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...  Annals of Iowa - Σελίδα 4751893Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 σελίδες
...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...Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the sun rose over the hay, Still floated our... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 σελίδες
...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...Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn as the sun rose over the bay, Ho ! brave hearts that... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 σελίδες
...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 - 1870 - 642 σελίδες
...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...Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the sun rose over the bay, Still floated our... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 σελίδες
...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...Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the sun rose over the bay, Still floated our... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1870 - 636 σελίδες
...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....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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 656 σελίδες
...cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. "Never I" our gallant Morris replies; " It is better to sink than to yield !" And the whole air pealed...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... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 σελίδες
...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...Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the sun rose over the bay, Still floated our... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 σελίδες
...rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. "Never!" our gallant Morris replies; "It is better to sink than to yield!" And th'e whole air pealed...Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, Arid the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the sun rose over the bay, Still floated... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 σελίδες
...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...grasp ! Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sndden shndder of death, And the cannon's breath For her dying gasp. Next morn, as the sun rose over... | |
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