| Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - 1906 - 492 páginas
...the occasion, thus begins: "A May-day sun — a noon-day tide — And a warm west wind 'or the ladles fair! A hundred craft, at anchor ride, Their bright...future waits, A nation's hopes in her present meet." Two noted American seamen began their careers with Barry on the United States: Stephen Decatur, who... | |
| Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly - 1907 - 100 páginas
...Joshua Humphreys, Philadelphia, May the Tenth, AD, 1797. Commodore John Barry, Commander. A May sun and a noonday tide, And a warm west wind for the ladies...bold. The gallant ship, United States, First of our valiant navy's fleet: A nation's fame on her future waits, A nation's hopes in her present meet! She... | |
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