 | Francis Wayland - 1854 - 436 ページ
...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 ページ
...brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— II. Like leviathans afloat. Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew It was ten of April morn by the chime: On the lofty British line: As they drifted on their path, And... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 ページ
...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1855 - 406 ページ
...determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. — like leviathans afloat, rKs* on the On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chimes As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath,... | |
 | Honor, Thomas Campbell - 1856 - 108 ページ
...lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. n. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the...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... | |
 | Honor - 1856 - 94 ページ
...lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. п. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the...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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 ページ
...the following very 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 ! And the boldest held his breaih For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 ページ
...land Led them on. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their hulwarks on the hrine ; While the sign of hattle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn hy the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the holdest —... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 ページ
...lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. — Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the...his breath For a time. — But the might of England flnsh'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 ページ
...lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. — Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the...his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts... | |
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Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land... 
