 | James Willis Westlake - American literature - 1876 - 168 pages
...wager, in three days, is a fairy tale, the scene of which is laid on the banks of the Hudson. EXTRACT When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her...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. The American Flag.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...stands still. JO8EPH RODMAN DRAKE. [as A., 1795-1820.l THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHEN Freedom from hermountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore...light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle-lx-arer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Flag of the brave,... | |
 | Recitations - 1876 - 734 pages
...proud ? THE AMERICAN FLAG.— By Joseph Rodman D/afe, WHEN Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...morning light, Then, from his mansion in the sun, She call'd her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land J Majestic... | |
 | Sea stories - 1876 - 504 pages
...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. Majestic monarch of... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streak ings of the morning 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...hoof-beats of that steed And the midnight message of Paul Revere. HENRY w. LONGFELLOW. THE AMERICAN FLAO. WHEN Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her...Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, Ami gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land ! Majestic monarch of... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1867 - 498 pages
...She tore the +azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ; She mingled with its fgorgeous dyes, The milky '''baldric of the skies, And striped...from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle hearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The ^symbol of her chosen land. 2. ^Majestic monarch of... | |
 | Isaac Newton Carleton - 1878 - 140 pages
...find A treasure surpassing Australian ore, And live with the great and good of yore. Alex. Smart. 92. The American Flag. When Freedom from her mountain...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. JE Drake, New Tork,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1878 - 400 pages
...ego). I,X\. Curse; denunciation. TITHED. Taken a tenth part of. LXXVIII.—THE AMERICAN FLAG. DRAKE. 1. WHEN Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her...mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, 24* And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land! 2. Majestic monarch of the cloud!... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1878 - 450 pages
...the tricksy pomp of fairy pride. THE AMERICAN FLAG. When Freedom, from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of...morning light ; Then from his mansion in the sun She call'd her eagle bearer down ; And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. II. Majestic... | |
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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... 
