 | William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 398 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! 83.— The Union. Thou too sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great! Humanity,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 396 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! HOLMES. 83. — The Union. Thou too sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great !... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - Antiques & Collectibles - 1977 - 264 pages
...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! / Oliver Wendell Holmes Boston Jan. 21" /#65. с P / í^á^xixzx^ s*^y0 ^4î^— SXU, >^ ~ ¿^е^с~е^г-**_з... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...deep. And there should be her grave; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And nor voice For effects that bring down the house could happ (1. 17-24) AA; AiP; AnAmPo; BLPA; FaBoBe; FaFP; FaPON; FPL; GN; GOA; MOS; NAAL-I; OPP; PAH; PWR; TAP... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 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 Last Leaf I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound,... | |
 | Various - Poetry - 1996 - 496 pages
...Oh, better that her shattered hulk , Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! 1830 OUR LIMITATIONS We trust and fear, we question and believe, From life's dark threads a trembling... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 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! SAMUEL F. SMITH AMERICA The lyrics for "America" (or "My Country Tis of Thee") were written by Reverend... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - American poetry - 1999 - 366 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! GUI JOHN HENRY James Whitcomb Riley Old John's jes' made o' the commonest stuff — Old John Henry.... | |
 | Jon Fripp, Michael Fripp, Deborah Fripp - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 262 pages
...himself whole. But in the hills and on the water the character of a man comes out. —Abram T. Collier Give her to the God of Storms, the lightning and the gale. — Oliver Wendell Holmes In the poem Old Ironsides, 1830 Written in protest of the US. 5. Constitution... | |
 | Joy Hakim - History - 2003 - 224 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! In 1787, the US government signed a treaty with Morocco agreeing to regular bribe payments. For a while,... | |
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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! 
