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Pagina xxiv
... fleet , And of them will take fast hold , And bring them away for England a prey , And choke us with silver and gold . ( Fairholt , p . 13. ) Buckingham's part in the reorganisation of the navy was forgotten by satirists , but the ...
... fleet , And of them will take fast hold , And bring them away for England a prey , And choke us with silver and gold . ( Fairholt , p . 13. ) Buckingham's part in the reorganisation of the navy was forgotten by satirists , but the ...
Pagina xxv
... fleet consisted of nineteen ships of the royal navy and twenty - six merchant vessels . Northumberland's contained twenty - seven king's ships . This display of naval force inspired the poems printed on p . 36 , the first a panegyric On ...
... fleet consisted of nineteen ships of the royal navy and twenty - six merchant vessels . Northumberland's contained twenty - seven king's ships . This display of naval force inspired the poems printed on p . 36 , the first a panegyric On ...
Pagina xxix
... fleet shall bow . ' A couple of years later it became clear that the Dutch were to be the enemy , not the French . The next ballad in the series is England's Valour and Holland's Terror . It refers to Allin's attack on the Smyrna fleet ...
... fleet shall bow . ' A couple of years later it became clear that the Dutch were to be the enemy , not the French . The next ballad in the series is England's Valour and Holland's Terror . It refers to Allin's attack on the Smyrna fleet ...
Pagina xxxi
... fleets do part ' declares one writer , while a second rejoices over the store of plate taken on board the Dutch merchantmen , which ... fleet , and finally the sea - fight off Harwich . It was to the courage and conduct of INTRODUCTION xxxi.
... fleets do part ' declares one writer , while a second rejoices over the store of plate taken on board the Dutch merchantmen , which ... fleet , and finally the sea - fight off Harwich . It was to the courage and conduct of INTRODUCTION xxxi.
Pagina xxxiii
... fleet after the four days ' battle : ... some pick out bullets from the side , Some drive old oakum through each seam and rift ; Their left hand does the caulking iron guide , The rattling mallet with the right they lift . Some the ...
... fleet after the four days ' battle : ... some pick out bullets from the side , Some drive old oakum through each seam and rift ; Their left hand does the caulking iron guide , The rattling mallet with the right they lift . Some the ...
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Admiral Admiral Byng Bagford Ballads battle Bay of Biscay Billy Taylor blow Bodleian Library bold brave boys British boys British Museum British tars Britons broadside broadside printed Byng call'd cannons Clowes command courage crew death deck doth Dutch enemy English fame fear fight fire foes fought France French fleet frigate gallant gave give glorious glory gold guns Hannah Snell heart Hearts of oak honour hundred Huzza jolly King land Lord Madden collection Slipsongs man-of-war merchants naval navy ne'er Nelson never night noble o'er ocean Old England pirates Port Port Admiral Porto Bello printed prize proud Real Sailor Songs roar Roxburghe Ballads Royal sail sail'd Seaman's seamen sent ship shore shot sing soon Spain Spaniards Spithead squadron Stanza storm stout There's thou thump thunder took true Tune Twas unto valiant verse victory Yankee
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Pagina 293 - ... amidst that joy and uproar, Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore ! Brave hearts ! to Britain's pride Once so faithful and so true, On the deck of fame that died, With the gallant good Riou ; Soft sigh the winds of Heaven o'er their grave ! While the billow mournful rolls, And the mermaid's song condoles, Singing glory to the souls Of the brave ! THOMAS CAMPBELL.
Pagina 289 - 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, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Pagina 292 - By the festal cities blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore.
Pagina 54 - To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you, With a fa la, la la, la la.
Pagina vi - SOCIETY desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications; the Editors of the several Works being alone responsible for the same.
Pagina 289 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone : By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand. And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Pagina 55 - Should foggy Opdam chance to know, Our sad and dismal story, The Dutch would scorn so weak a foe, And quit their fort at Goree : For what resistance can they find From men who've left their hearts behind? With a fa la, la la, la la.
Pagina 55 - Let wind and weather do its worst, Be you to us but kind, Let Dutchmen vapour, Spaniards curse, No sorrow we shall find : ' Tis then no matter how things go. Or who's our friend or who's our foe.
Pagina 346 - A FULL ACCOUNT of the Proceedings in relation to Capt. Kidd. In two letters. Written by a person of quality to a kinsman of the Earl of Bellomont in Ireland.
Pagina 29 - And yet these gallant shooters prevailed not a pin ; Though they were brass on the outside, brave Ward was steel within : Shoot on, shoot on, says Captain Ward, your sport well pleaseth me, And he that first gives over shall yield unto the sea.