On the lofty British line. It was ten of April morn by the chime ; As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter... Cassell's Readable readers - Page 198by Cassell, ltd - 1885Full view - About this book
| 1809 - 572 pages
...thunder, shrieks, shouts, tridents, and heroes. « Hearts Df oak, "our captains cried ! when each jpm From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent... | |
| 1809 - 706 pages
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| Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 pages
...time. — in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak,' our...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — IV, Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...time.— III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleetef rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak,' our...round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the suii. Again ! again ! again ! IV. And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 272 pages
...flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. 29 ' Hearts of oak,' our captains cried ! when each gun...lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurriance eclipse Of the sun. IV. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd " Hearts of oak!" our Captain cried; wheu each gun, From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun, — Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack;. Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1814 - 274 pages
...— III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak,' our...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. IV. Again! again! again! And the havock did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak,' our...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havock did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak,' our...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havock did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent... | |
| Joan Struteers - 1821 - 464 pages
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