They were watching their opponents "Great Wall," burn into the star sky.
bravely streaming....?
bravely streaming....?
Actually ramparts means 'fortification'...so I assume: "...we watched were so gallantly streaming" means our troops/ships/planes...gallantly streaming in droves to defend us If I may give my definition? "Ramparts" in the song, refer to a building of defense, with a vertical wall that extends past the roof, to hide behind. ....so: ... "O'er the ramparts we watched were so "gallantly streaming" Means from the ramparts they saw the American flag, through the flashes of light from the bombs, still silently waving. Ramparts is referring to "Mounds of Dirt" in the Star Spangled Banner................
Whose broad stripes and bright stars . . . were so gallantly streaming! over the star-shaped Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, September 13-14, 1814.
The ramparts are the battle that is occurring, and over the battle the flag waved, signifying that the United States had control over the battle.
Francis Scott Key could see the stripes and stars of the flag during the war of 1812.
Gallantly can only be an adverb. Despite the odds George gallantly fought the dragon. The cathedral rose gallantly above the city centre
The knight gallantly walked away.
Gallantly is an adverb, meaning that it is used to add description to a verb. e.g. the soldier ran forward gallantly to save his freinds.
1. A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top. 2. A means of protection or defense; a bulwark. See Synonyms at bulwark. tr.v. ram·part·ed, ram·part·ing, ram·parts To defend with a rampart.
Gallant.
The spindle ever so gallantly sitting upon the sewing machine toppled over in a spinning fury of thread.