. American war ballads and lyrics: a collection of the songs and ballads of the colonial wars, the revolution, the war of 1812-15, the war with Mexico, and the civil war . OLD IRONSIDES. By OIvIVER ; [This poem was inspired by the announcement thatthe frigate Constitution was to be dismantled. Thoughwritten later it belongs among the poems of the War of1812, as the Constitutions fame was won in that war.—Editor.] AY, tear her tattered ensign down !Long has it waved on high,And many an eye has dimmed to see That banner in the sky ;Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst
. American war ballads and lyrics: a collection of the songs and ballads of the colonial wars, the revolution, the war of 1812-15, the war with Mexico, and the civil war . OLD IRONSIDES. By OIvIVER ; [This poem was inspired by the announcement thatthe frigate Constitution was to be dismantled. Thoughwritten later it belongs among the poems of the War of1812, as the Constitutions fame was won in that war.—Editor.] AY, tear her tattered ensign down !Long has it waved on high,And many an eye has dimmed to 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 no more. Her deck, once red with heroes blood,Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying oer the waves were white below,144 010 irron6l&e0 t45 No more shall feel the victors tread,Or know the conquered knee ;— The harpies of the shore shall pluckThe easrle of the sea !. 1836. O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ;Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave ;Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail,And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale !
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