 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 ページ
...the unfortunate loss of the Royal George, of which the following stanzas may serve as a specimen. " Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last seafight is foiigm ; His work ot glory dune. " It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang... | |
 | Tales - 1847 - 336 ページ
...the vessel heel , And laid her on her side. " A land-beeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete....upon no rock. " His sword was in its sheath ; His lingers held the pen When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. " Weigh the vessel up,... | |
 | 1847 - 334 ページ
...Kempenfeldt, known best by his misfortune, sung by Cowper— "Toll, toll, for the braveBrave Kempenfeldt is gone . His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. His sword was in i's sheath, His fingers held the pen, Wtien Kempenfeldt went down, With twice four... | |
 | 1887 - 678 ページ
...cun be spared. Take at random a couple of stanzas from the ' Loss of the Royal George': — It « as not in the battle, No tempest gave the shock, She sprang no fatal leak, She rau upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 ページ
...the vessel heel, And laid her on her side ; A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kcmpenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1850 - 344 ページ
...the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. "' A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. '"Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfeldt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought: His work of glory done. " ' It was not in the battle... | |
 | Asa McFarland - 1851 - 196 ページ
...plunge, and went to the bottom ! " Toll for the brave— Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea fight is fought, His work of glory done. " It was not in...upon no rock. " His sword was in its sheath — His finger held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, And twice four hundred men." Spithead is the anchorage... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 ページ
...made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone j His last sea-fight is fought ; His work ot glory done. It was not m the battle ; No tempest gave... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 ページ
...And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Eoyal George With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave tho shock... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1851 - 332 ページ
...the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. " ' A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. "'Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfeldt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought: His work of glory done. "' It was not in the battle... | |
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Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. 
