| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 páginas
...toro the azure robe of night, And iet the stars of glory— there. She mingled, with its gorgeous dye? The milky baldric— of the skies, And striped its pure— celestial white, With streakinge of the morning Hgbt ; Then, from his mansion — in the inn She called her eagle-bearer... | |
| Mrs. Silver - 1846 - 356 páginas
...din of preparation was heard a voice that would almost drown the thunder of a tempest, singing, — " When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her...striped its pure, celestial white With streakings from the morning light ! Then, from her mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 páginas
...! r3 LESSON LXXIV. TJie American Flag. — JR DRAKE. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She call'd her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Majestic... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 páginas
...when the world is dark to thee, Then turn to the light of home. The American Flag. — FG HALLECX. She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ; She mingled with the gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings... | |
| 1848 - 276 páginas
...tempest, armed with wrath, Commissioned to affright us, and destroy. THE AMERICAN FLAG. BY JR DRAKE. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height, Unfurled her...stars of glory there ! She mingled with its gorgeous dyus The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning... | |
| 1888 - 458 páginas
...mentioned in an introduction. If we could retain the first lines of Drake's poem on the American flag — " When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air" — it will be easily retained by picturing the scene, with a vivid conception of Freedom on the mountain... | |
| Salem Town - 1850 - 372 páginas
...sig'nal ; 3. glit'ning for glit'tening ; 3. ven'gunce for ven'geance. THE AMERICAN FLAG. JR DRAKE. 1. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her...azure robe of night And set the stars of glory there. NOTES. — • See Union, p. 246, note a. & The constitution of the United States wa« adopted September... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 páginas
...immortal spirit in the skies may bloom. SMITH, THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHEN Freedom, from her mountain hight, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure...; Then from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen band ! Majestic monarch of... | |
| Pomroy Jones - 1851 - 936 páginas
...Swartwout, of Poughkeepsie, an officer of the garrison. Brake, in his beautiful poem. The Flcg, says : — " When freedom from her mountain height, Unfurled her...robe of night, And set the stars of glory there." The garrison of Fort Stanwix in their extremity were less poetical in their choice of materials for... | |
| Stephen Watkins Clark - 1851 - 204 páginas
...Switzerland again was free ; 28. B. Thus death made way for liberty ! .THE AMERICAN FLAG. — JR Drake. WHEN Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, 1. I. She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ; 2. I. She mingled with the... | |
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