 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,...  Publications of the Navy Records Society - Pagina 2891908 - 391 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1853 - 844 pagina’s
...both dead against him. Of Nelson, then, and his ships, it is that Campbell sings : It was ten of April morn, by the chime ; As they drifted on their path....death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time. And well might the boldest hold his breath ! It was no ordinary foe that British valor had to contend... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pagina’s
...brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chimo As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...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 the... | |
 | G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pagina’s
...brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line I It was ten of April morn by the chimeAs they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — ra. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | William Tanner Young - 1853 - 56 pagina’s
...attention, by asking them to tell him a thing that flew through the air with a tail. Certainly—' There was silence deep as death And the boldest held his breath. For a time', till one boy unexpectedly answered 'A comet.' ' Yes, of course', said the monitor, making a reluctant... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 284 pagina’s
...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 si'ence deep as death; And the boldest held hts breath, For a time. — in. But the might of England... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 508 pagina’s
...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,...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — in. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 pagina’s
...bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April mom by the chime: As they drifted on their path, There...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... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1854 - 436 pagina’s
...battle. Campbell, in his "Battle of the Baltic," illustrates this fact in these remarkable lines : " As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. ' Hearts of oak ! ' our captain cried, and each gun, From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1854 - 444 pagina’s
...battle. Campbell, in his "Battle of the Baltic," illustrates this fact in these remarkable lines : "As they drifted on their path, There was silence...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. ' Hearts of oak ! ' our captain cried, and each gun, From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 pagina’s
...the following verv short and simple description of the British fleet bearing up to close action : " As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death 1 And the boldest held his breath For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself... | |
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