THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike... The British Female Poets - Page 229by George Washington Bethune - 1865 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1826 - 726 pages
...deck Whence all but him had fled; The flarae that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to...death below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud : — " say, Father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on—he would not go, Without his father's word; * Young Casablanca, a boy about thirteen years... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — be would not go, Without his father's word ; * Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen... | |
| 1826 - 426 pages
...OBSERVE AND PRESERVE." [iN ADVANCE. Vel beautiful and bright he stood, As born lo rule the storm j A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on— be would not 50, Without bit father's word; The father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames rpll'd on— he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the hattle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on— he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faiut in death below, His voice... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2 The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word...father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. 3 He call'd aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done 1" He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2 The flames roll'd on—he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. 3 He call'd aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 pages
...batde's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. . Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rnle the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on— he would not go, \Vitlioiil his father's word; That father, faint in d<<al!i below. His... | |
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