 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 ページ
...decree, who, in the words of love, " She will not perish," whispers from above. CASABIANCA. MRS. HEMANS. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...A proud, though child-like form. The flames rolled on—he would not go, "Without his father's word; That father faint in death below, His voice no longer... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 ページ
...in a bank, hill, or any thing else. CASABIANCA.* (MRS. BEMADS.) The boy stood on the burning decA, | Whence all but him had fled ; | The flame that lit the battle's wrecA, | Shone round Aim o'er the dead. | Yet beautiful and bright he stood, | As born to rule the... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 372 ページ
...on that spot where fate had given CASABIANCA.1 THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go Without his Father's word; That Father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1845 - 360 ページ
...own sweet paths in search of thee ! CASABIANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck,...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go Without his Father's word ; That Father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
 | William Russell - 1843 - 192 ページ
...and Paul and Anne | received a great many half-pence, from the travellers. LESSON LI. CASABLANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...de'ad ; Yet beautiful and bright he stood , As born to rille the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on... | |
 | 1843 - 826 ページ
...ship had taken fire. There was no one to order him to quit, and lie nobly perished at his post. *" The boy stood on the burning deck. Whence all but...the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. * Mrs. Hr-mans. " Yet beautiful and bright he stood As born to rule the storm, A creature of heroic... | |
 | William Russell - 1843 - 180 ページ
...and Paul and Anne | received a great many hdlf-pence, from the travellers. LESSON LI. CASABLANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him | o'er the d^ad ; Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heretic blood,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1843 - 828 ページ
...deck Whence all Iwt he had fled ; The flame that iit the battle's wivek Shone round him on the dend. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; » A crenture of heroic blood. A proud, though child-like form. The flames rolled on — he would not go... | |
 | 1843 - 778 ページ
...the ship had taken fire. There was no one to order him to quit, and he nobly perished at hrepost. *" The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fleil ; ТЫ; flame that lit the battle's wreek, Shone round him o'er the dead. > * Mrs. Hcrnans. "Yet... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 ページ
...iambic feet; and the second and fourth, six syllables, or three feet; as in the following example : " The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him...creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form." A less common form of the iambic stanza is that in which no verse contains more than three iambic feet... | |
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THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like... 
