 Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew 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,...  A Study of Metre - Strana 129podľa Thomas Stewart Omond - 1903 - Počet stránok 159Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1809 - Počet stránok 572
...than the following very short and simple description of the British fleet bearing up to close action. As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...And the boldest held his breath, For a time . The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a tremendous line) is in the same spirit of... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1809 - Počet stránok 148
...gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. — ii. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - Počet stránok 272
...gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— IL Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - Počet stránok 266
...gun the lighted brand, In a bold detennin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— IL leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine;...; And the boldest held his breath, For a time.— III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleetef rush'd O'er... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - Počet stránok 324
...the land Led them on. — Like Leviathans, afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sis;n of battle flew On the lofty British line. It was Ten...death; And the boldest held his breath For a time.— But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd " Hearts... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1814 - Počet stránok 274
...gun the lighted brand, In a bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— II. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | Andreas Andersen Feldborg - 1815 - Počet stránok 194
...ships in all the sublimity and terror, of which the poet has given so impressive a description. " At they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time V , . The battle commenced at five minutes after ten, when the Provesteen opened her fire on the Edgar.... | |
 | Andreas Andersen Feldborg - 1816 - Počet stránok 158
...British ships in all the sublimity and terror, of which the poet baa given so impressive a description. * As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And i he boldest held his breath For a time."* The battle commenced at five minutes after leu, when the... | |
 | 1830 - Počet stránok 990
...men and true ;" and of them, with lamentably few exceptions, it may be said, " As he drilled on his path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time." We have dwelt energetically on this passage in the Life of Byron, because for a long time it was thought... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - Počet stránok 448
...a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. — Like leviathans afloat, Lav their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle...death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
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