 | Samuel Sidney McClure - 1883 - 596 页
...and aided in preserving her by publishing his now familiar "OLD IRONSIDES. " Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...sky; Beneath it rung the battle-shout, And burst the cannons' roar, — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! " O, better that her... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 398 页
...the deep public feeling excited by the following poem written at that time. 1. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an...to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air 2. Her deck — once red... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 394 页
...the deep public feeling excited by the following poem written at that time. L Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an...to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air 347 2. Her deck — once... | |
 | United States. Naval History Division - 1969 - 82 页
...an effective measure to save her was Oliver Wendell Holmes' stirring lines : "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many...to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more."... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 页
...copy of the poem in the final weeks of the American Civil War. Old Ironsides. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! / Long has it waved on high,/ And many...see /That banner in the sky; / Beneath it rung the battle shout, / And burst the cannons' roar; — /The meteor of the ocean air / Shall sweep the clouds... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 页
...in the final weeks of the American Civil War. Old Ironsides. Ay, tear her tattered ensign dou>n! / Long has it waved on high,/ And many an eye has danced...see /That banner in the sky: / Beneath it rung the battle shout,/ And burst the cannons' roar; — /The meteor of the ocean air / Shall sweep the clouds... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 页
...Calvinist mode. Alas, there is no sign yet of such a collapse. Old Ironsides Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an...deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee: The harpies of the... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 页
...43-48) AA; AmPP; AnAmPo; FaBoBe; FaPON; NAAL-1; PoLF; PWR; WBLP Old Ironsides 17 Ay, tear her tattered er one, me another fly. We're tapers too, and at our own cost die, And we in us find the (1. 1—4) 18 O, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the... | |
 | Bill Lawrence - 1995 - 286 页
...a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes whipped up public sentiment. The poem began: Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. The Constitution still is a commissioned ship of the United States Navy, listed on the rolls as the... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 页
...edition of his poems appeared in 1895, the year following his death. OLD IRONSIDES Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; 5 Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall... | |
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AY, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her... 
