 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1836 - 180 pages
...children who read this book, may like to see it, I will present it to them. .CASABANCA. 1. The U<>y stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had...the battle's wreck, ' Shone round him o'er the dead. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...abandoned, and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames bad reached tho powder.] The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled...The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round hirn o'er the dead. i Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1836 - 472 pages
...rose! Thou speak' st of one who doth not change — — So may our hearts repose. CASABIANCA.» TUE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit'thc battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As bom to... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...of the Orient, who perished when that ship blew up in the battle of the Nile. MllS. HEMANS. THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled ; The Same that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 188 pages
...abandoned; and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames reached the powder magazine. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled: The flameUhat lit the battle's wreck: Shone round him o'er the dead: Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | Gertrude (fict. name.) - 1837 - 238 pages
...heard it, he will not be so likely again to disobey his father, on account of a little rain. " The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had...storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childish form. The flames rolled on—he would not go, Without his father's word; That father, faint... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pages
...of the Admiral of the Orient, who perished when that ship blew up at the battle of the Nile. The boy stood on the burning deck. Whence all but him had...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... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...abandoned ; and perished in the exptosion of the vessul, when the fl.unr'. had reached the powder. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had...blood, -. A proud, though child-like form. The flames rpll'd on — he would not go, Without hin father's word ; That father, faint in death below, > His... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...abandoned ; and perished in to* explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. 1. THE boy stood on the burning deck, , Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the batik's wreck. Shone round him o'er the dead. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...refluent foam and iridescent spray. CASABIANCA.* The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. * Young Casablanca, a boy about thirteen years old, son to the Admiral of the Orient, remained at his... | |
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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 child-like... 
