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... death has thinn'd his ranks ; And nought avail'd his valour rash , He yields to gallant Jones- To whose praise Wake our lays , In victory's richest tones . Victory No. 3 - United States and Macedonian . VICTORY. Patriotic . 129 WOODWORTH'S ...
... death has thinn'd his ranks ; And nought avail'd his valour rash , He yields to gallant Jones- To whose praise Wake our lays , In victory's richest tones . Victory No. 3 - United States and Macedonian . VICTORY. Patriotic . 129 WOODWORTH'S ...
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... gallant tars , Who sail beneath her stars , Shall ne'er be known to yield - shall ne'er ignobly fly ; Their motto is " Glory - we conquer or die . " Still rapidly lessens the distance between , Till the gay - floating streamers of ...
... gallant tars , Who sail beneath her stars , Shall ne'er be known to yield - shall ne'er ignobly fly ; Their motto is " Glory - we conquer or die . " Still rapidly lessens the distance between , Till the gay - floating streamers of ...
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... gallant sons , Now station'd at their guns , Remember Freedom's wrongs , and smother Pity's sigh ; Their motto is " Glory - we conquer or die . " Now the lightning of battle gleams horribly red , While a tempest of iron , and a hail ...
... gallant sons , Now station'd at their guns , Remember Freedom's wrongs , and smother Pity's sigh ; Their motto is " Glory - we conquer or die . " Now the lightning of battle gleams horribly red , While a tempest of iron , and a hail ...
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... gallant Constitution , HULL immortalized her namę , BAINBRIDGE , round it , in profusion , Pours the golden blaze of fame . Scarce had Fame her Hull rewarded , Ere intrepid Bainbridge rose , Eager , while the world applauded ; To subdue ...
... gallant Constitution , HULL immortalized her namę , BAINBRIDGE , round it , in profusion , Pours the golden blaze of fame . Scarce had Fame her Hull rewarded , Ere intrepid Bainbridge rose , Eager , while the world applauded ; To subdue ...
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... gallant Constitution , & c . Lambert met him in the Java , Fierce the hot contention rose- Like the streams of Etna's lava , Fell our vengeance on the foes . Hail the gallant Constitution , & c . Neptune shunn'd the fierce commotion ...
... gallant Constitution , & c . Lambert met him in the Java , Fierce the hot contention rose- Like the streams of Etna's lava , Fell our vengeance on the foes . Hail the gallant Constitution , & c . Neptune shunn'd the fierce commotion ...
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Page 279 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 270 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 275 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Page 276 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 277 - Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his. shoulders, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Page 274 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 275 - If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also, and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. . Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Page 275 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 186 - air^drawn dagger " nigh ; And so the prince of Denmark stared, When first his father's ghost appeared. At length our hero silence broke, .And thus in wildest accents spoke : "Cut off my whiskers ! O ye gods ! I'd sooner lose my ears, by odds ; THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
Page 204 - He lingered ibr some time; till, at last, he called me, one day, and, gazing on me, while a faint smile played upon his lips he said, ' He believed death was more kind than his creditors.