All day long that free flag tost over the heads of the rebel host .
那面自由的旗帜，一整天都飘扬在叛军头上。
For many years , though a vague report would now and then find its way across the sea , -- like a shapeless piece of driftwood tost ashore , with the initials of a name upon it , -- yet no tidings of them unquestionably authentic were received .
