 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. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form....  Life of Nelson - Pagina 324door Robert Southey - 1892 - 376 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1829 - 346 pagina’s
...stars of Afric's heaven Behold his bursting tears, E'en on that spot where fate had given 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. Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
 | Jacob Abbott, Old Harlo - 1835 - 262 pagina’s
...poetry, and as the children who read this book may like to see it, it is given here : CASABIANCA. 1. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled; The flame that Jit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pagina’s
...she wings, and skims, and cleaves her way Through 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pagina’s
...while with Nature we stray, far away ! far away ! JH Green. 75.— CASABIANCA, THE HEROIC BOY. [2] 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 ; Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pagina’s
...looks behind ; And sings a solitary song, That whistles in the wind. •> WORDSWORTII. 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. Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1839 - 362 pagina’s
...stars of Afric's heaven Behold his bursting tears, E'en on that spot where fate had given 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. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 380 pagina’s
...toiling years! — Oh, happiness ! how far we flee Thine own sweet paths in search of thee ! CASABIANCA.1 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. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 380 pagina’s
...toiling years! — Oh, happiness ! how far we flee Thine own sweet paths in search of thee ! CASABIANCA.1 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. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 372 pagina’s
...stars of Afric's heaven Beheld his bursting tears, E'en on that spot where fate had given CASABIANCA.1 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. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1845 - 360 pagina’s
...years ! — Oh, happiness ! how far we flee Thine own sweet paths in search of thee ! 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. Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
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