 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1897 - 272 pages
...sun She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave unto his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With freedom's soil beneath our feet, And freedom's banner streaming o'er us!" The Glee Club sang " Our Native Land,... | |
 | Political science - 1819 - 480 pages
...given !•• Thv stars have lit the welkin dome, Arid-all thy lines are born in Heaven '. For ever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us; With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er MS? Atl CBOAKBK 8s CONo. 23.] WASHINGTON... | |
 | American literature - 1835 - 518 pages
...the world." For which, in place of the last four lines, the following by Mr. Halleck were adopted : " Forever float that standard sheet, Where breathes the foe but falls before us, Wilh freedom's soil beneath our feet, And freedom's banner streaming o'er us." Not the least attractive... | |
 | 1834 - 430 pages
...valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven \ Forever fl&at that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us. With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er u». From Hell's Weekly Messenger To my... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...And smile to see thy splendors fly, In triumph, o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel hands to valor given, Thy stars have...breathes the foe, but falls before us, With freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us? •OLD IRONSIDES.' Ay! pull her tattered... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 226 pages
...triumph o'er his closing eye. V. Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel hands to valour given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all...breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? THE END. POEMS WITH OTHER POEMS NEW-YORK:... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - Education - 1836 - 262 pages
...splendors fly, In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel-hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,...standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe, but falls before u», With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? When he had read... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - Education - 1836 - 264 pages
...home, By angel-hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were horn in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where...breathes the foe, but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? When he had read these stanzas, Mr.... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - New York (State) - 1836 - 110 pages
...to valour given; The stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. For ever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us 1 v THE END. This book should be returned... | |
 | Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...to valour given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven, For ever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With freedom's soil beneath our feet, And freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! XLVII. The Gouty Merchant and the Stranger.... | |
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Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath... 
