 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...rebounds from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of tho monster's hide. " Strike your flag! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant...is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole nir pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like n kraken huge and black. She crushed onr ribs in... | |
 | American essays - 1862 - 796 pages
...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...And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1863 - 310 pages
...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...And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...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...And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...monster's hide. " Strike your flng! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain, " Never 1 " our gallant Morris replies; " It is better to sink...And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and black. She crushed onr ribs in her iron grasp I Down went the Cumberland... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - American poetry - 1863 - 410 pages
...rebounds from a roof of slate, Eebounds 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 Hero replies; " It is better to sink than to yield! v And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...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...And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Military art and science - 1864 - 254 pages
...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...And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp ! Down went the Cumberland... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...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...And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp 1 Down went the Cumberland... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...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...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... | |
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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... 
