 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
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1914 - 108 pagina’s
...bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew O'er 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. But the might of England flushed, To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 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 flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1914 - 256 pagina’s
...brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime:1 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 deadly... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1914 - 142 pagina’s
...On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path 15 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 ; 20 And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
 | Cornelia Carhart Ward - 1914 - 448 pagina’s
...begins." That calm but pregnant exordium has perhaps no counterpart in the entire range of oratory. "There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time. " He then proceeded with his speech, but had not been going more than five minutes when a man of gigantic... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - 1915 - 604 pagina’s
...begins.' "That calm but pregnant exordium has perhaps no counterpart in the entire range of oratory. " 'There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time.' • "He then proceeded with his speech, but had not been going more than five minutes until a man of... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 854 pagina’s
...On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime; As they drifted on their path, 15 There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. Bavaria, at the time of the battle there in 1800, between the victorious French and the allied Bavarians... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 pagina’s
...bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April laiming her original rights, overtu 18 But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
 | 1916 - 792 pagina’s
...bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April world should listen then — as I am listening now....voices die, Vibrates in the memory — Odours, when 18 But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 pagina’s
...bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April mom or ambition than to fill up the day and the night...diversions, and flattery, and who, having made no acquainta 18 But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
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