WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings... Modern Achievement - Page 2901902Full view - About this book
| Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1897 - 272 pages
...and the valor of your descendants will keep it so forever. " When freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure...light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave unto his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Forever float that... | |
| Political science - 1819 - 480 pages
...of the gallant American otticer. THE AMERICAN FLAG When Freedom, from her mountain he-gat, Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...stars of glory there'. She mingled with its gorgeous dies The milky baldrick of the skies, And striped its pure celest.al white With streakings of the morning... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...thee well I—- THE AMERICAN FLAG.— By Dr. Drake, When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And stripp'd its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light 5 Then, from his mansion in... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...hinder it if I could ! JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure...light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Majestic monarch of... | |
| A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...to the air, 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...Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. • Who rear'st aloft... | |
| 1834 - 430 pages
...learn'd to love. C. D The American Flag:. BY JOHN RODMAN DRAKE. WHEN Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure...baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial while. With streakings of the morning light ; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her cagle.bearer... | |
| 1835 - 842 pages
...upon the Poetic Power — springing altogether from Comparison. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure...baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial while With slreakings of the morning light ; Then from his mansion in the sun She culled her eagle... | |
| Joseph Rodman Drake - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 226 pages
...lips, my Sail, To smile away them all. THE AMERICAN FLAG. I. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure...celestial white, With streakings of the morning light ; M Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand,... | |
| Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...— Yankee Doodle, boys; huzza! THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height, Unfurl'd her standard to the air, •* She tore the azure robe...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... | |
| 1836 - 802 pages
...Comparison. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure rohe of night And set the stars of glory there. She mingled...into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Let us reduce all this to plain English, and we have — what 1 Why, a flag, consisting of the " azure... | |
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