Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back Their shots along the deep slowly boom : Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail, Or in conflagration pale Light... The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell - Página 105por Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 358 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1853 - 844 páginas
...sea and land, in the whole world. At length the dread signal flew 'along the lofty British line,' and each gun — From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. The appalling roar of a thousand cannon answered, on the part of the Danes, and soon the very wind... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 404 páginas
...the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts of oak ! " our captaina cried, when each From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — IT. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
| G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 páginas
...To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. «Hearts of oak,» our captains cried! when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death -shade round the ships. Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — IV. Again! again I again!... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 508 páginas
...van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak ! ' our captain cried ; wlien each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade...did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cteering sent us back ; — Their shots along the deep slowly boom ; — Then ceased — and all is... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 400 páginas
...scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak ! ' our captain cried ; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread...again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feebler cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ; — Their shots along the deep slowly boom ;... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1854 - 444 páginas
...deep as 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...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun." The late Dr. Jeffries, of Boston, in the narrative of his passage across the English Channel with Montgolfier,... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1854 - 436 páginas
...deep as 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...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun." The late Dr. Jeffries, of Boston, in the narrative of his passage across the English Channel with Montgolfier,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 páginas
...rush'd To anticipate the scene; O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak," our captains cried! when From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun.— each gun lv. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 396 páginas
...captains cried, when each From its adamantine lips [gun lake the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — If. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Bane To our cheering sent us back : Their shots along the deep slowly boom; Then ceased — and all... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1861 - 444 páginas
...Hearts of oak ! ' our captain cried, »nd each gun, From its adamantine lips, OBJECTS OF TASTE. 401 Spread a death-shade round the ships. Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun." The late Dr. Jeffries, of Boston, in the narrative of his passage across the English Channel with Montgolfier,... | |
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