 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
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 pagina’s
...and simple description of the British fleet bearing up to close action : " As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ! And the boldest held his breaih For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 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... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pagina’s
...bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line ; 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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 436 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... | |
 | 1857 - 594 pagina’s
...directed to the little hand which worked playfully among the papers ere it made its choice. Then 1 There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time.' This silence was broken by a trumpeter on the scaffold, whose consequential notes, re-echoed by the... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 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... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pagina’s
...battle fl 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... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1859 - 454 pagina’s
...lost for ever, for his companions were unable to render him the slightest assistance. " As he drifted on his path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time." Bracing my nerves, I resumed my slippery walk, taking care to hold my guide's hand, and resting occasionally.... | |
 | 1859 - 782 pagina’s
...not himself, skirrs down the ice, and over the edge into space ; well may he say with Campbell— " There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time." He continues the ascent, being sufficiently recovered to observe and very well to describe what he... | |
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