 Of our ribs of oak. Down upon us heavily runs, Silent and sullen, the floating fort ; Then comes a puff of smoke from her guns, And leaps the terrible death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back...  Annals of Iowa - Página 4751893Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1863 - 640 páginas
...breath, From each open port. We arc not idle, but send her straight Dch'nncc back in a full broadside 1 As hail 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 old plantation strain, "... | |
 | 1862 - 796 páginas
...death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate,...strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 310 páginas
...• With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate,...Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; • " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 páginas
...With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle , but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate...strain. "Never!" our gallant Morris replies; "It is better to sink than to yield! " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1863 - 410 páginas
...send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate, Eebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's...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 páginas
...death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate,...strain. " Never !" our gallant Morris replies ; "It is better to sink than to yield!" And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 254 páginas
...death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate,...strain. " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 páginas
...death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate,...strain, " Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Then, like a... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 páginas
...death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate,...strain. " Never !" our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield !" And the whole air pealed With the cheers of the men. Then, like a kraken... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1864 - 418 páginas
...death, With fiery breath, From each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside! As hail rebounds from a roof of slate,...arrogant old plantation strain. " Never ! " our gallant Hero replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield! " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of... | |
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