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... The National Register - Page 3521819Full view - About this book
| Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1897 - 272 pages
...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...beneath our feet, And freedom's banner streaming o'er us!" The Glee Club sang " Our Native Land, America." Major Hoyt Sherman was called upon, and responded... | |
| American literature - 1835 - 518 pages
...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...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er u». From Hell's Weekly Messenger To my Child. BY MRS. NORTON. THEY My thon art not fair to other's... | |
| Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...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,...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us? •OLD IRONSIDES.' Ay! pull her tattered ensign down, Long has it wav'd on high, And many a heart... | |
| Joseph Rodman Drake - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 226 pages
...to valour 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...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? THE END. POEMS WITH OTHER POEMS NEW-YORK: GEORGE DEARBORN, PUBLISHER, No. 38 GOLD STREET. BDOCOXXXVL... | |
| Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...only home, By angel hands to valour given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven, For ever float that standard sheet...beneath our feet, And freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! XLVII. The Gouty Merchant and the Stranger. — AKOSYMOUS. IN Broad street buildings, on a winter... | |
| Joseph Rodman Drake - New York (State) - 1836 - 110 pages
...and home ! By angel hands to valour given; The stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. For ever float that standard sheet!...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us 1 v THE END. This book should be returned io the Library on or before the last date stamped below.... | |
| Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - Education - 1836 - 264 pages
...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,...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? When he had read these stanzas, Mr. Alcott asked one of the rest, if \>f, knew why that boy liked... | |
| American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...thy hues were born in heaven ! Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe that stands before us ? With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! SONG OF MARION'S MEN. BY WM. CULLEN BRYANT. OUR band is few, but true and tried, Our leader frank... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman - American literature - 1837 - 278 pages
...and home ! By angel hands to valour given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. For ever float that standard sheet...beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? MORNING HYMN. Genesis i. 3. BY CF HOFFMAN. " LET THERE BE LIGHT !" The Eternal spoke, And from... | |
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