 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Pagina 4461830Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagina’s
...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 flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pagina’s
...and simple description of the British fleet bearing op to close action : " A» they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ! And the boldest held his breath For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a tremendous line) is... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pagina’s
...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. Bat the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pagina’s
...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 flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the... | |
 | 1847 - 482 pagina’s
...harbour, beneath that terrible battery of the " three crowns " where Nelson had been before, when — " There was silence deep as death. And the boldest held his breath For a time." We never carry luggage, as the captain of a Danish cutter found out, after taking the trouble to chace... | |
 | William Beattie - 1849 - 480 pagina’s
...Leviathans afloat In the brine. 6. It was ten of Thursday 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 — 7. Ere a first and fatal round Shook the flood ; Every Dane looked out that day, Like the red wolf... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pagina’s
...Leviathans afloat In the brine. It was ten of Thursday 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 — Ere a first and fatal round Shook the flood ; Every Dane looked out that day, Like the red wolf... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pagina’s
...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 flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd . O'er... | |
 | William Beattie - 1850 - 576 pagina’s
...was passing through the press. 6. It was ten of Thursday mom, By the chime, As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a lime — 7. Ere a first and fatal round Shook the flood ; Every Dane looked out that day, Like the... | |
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