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" Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave! Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave: Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning, and the gale! "
The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin: History and Biography, with Portrait ... - Page 470
by Parker McCobb Reed - 1882 - 542 pages
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! * Written when it was proposed to break up the frigate Constitution, as unfit for service. THE PLEASURE...
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The Common School Speaker: A New Collection of Original and Selected Pieces ...

William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...deep, And there should be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning, and the gale ! LESSON XLI. THE SUMMONS. The following poem affords the pupil a good opportunity to vary his voice...
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...And there should be her grave : 16 Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail ; And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! LESSON XXXVIII. THAT SILENT MOON. — GW DOANE. Glie piece which follows, is intended for practice...
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The Cincinnati Miscellany, Or, Antiquities of the West, and Pioneer History ...

Cincinnati (Ohio) - 1845 - 288 pages
...And there should be her grave; • Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every thread-bare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! Indian Sense of Propriety. Some yens ago, I think in 1800, I had the pleasure of meeting in Italy with...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...deep, And there should be her grave! Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, — The lightning and the gale ! LESSON LIX. Our Obligations as American Citizens. — D. WEBSTER. LET us indulge an honest exultation...
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Gems of Poetry

American poetry - 1850 - 264 pages
...deep And there should be her grave. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms— The lightning and the gale ! THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG. BY JG BBAINARD. ON the deep is the mariner's danger, On the deep is the mariner's...
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The Life of Silas Talbot: A Commodore in the Navy of the United States

Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1850 - 156 pages
...deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy fl»g, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale ! The Constitution was launched at Boston on the 20th of September, 1797 ; and it was while engaged...
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Poems

Oliver Wendell Holmes - Medicine in literature - 1850 - 310 pages
...deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived, and valleys bloomed again ; While...
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Poems

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived, and valleys bloomed again ; While...
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Poems

Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literature, Modern - 1851 - 320 pages
...deep, And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale ! III. When florid Peace resumed her golden reign, And arts revived, and valleys bloomed again ; While...
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