| English poetry - 1857 - 334 pagine
...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 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... | |
| 1857 - 594 pagine
...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 Campbell - 1859 - 424 pagine
...the Prince ef all the land Led them on. — Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brino ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British...ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on (heir path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — But... | |
| Charles Richard Weld - 1859 - 454 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
| 1860 - 894 pagine
...naught To the batteries which they brought Like leviathans afloat On the brine. It was ten of Sunday morn By the chime : As they drifted on their path,...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. Ere я first and fatal sound Shook the flood ; Each Dane looked out that day, Like the red wolf on... | |
| Charles Knight - 1861 - 622 pagine
...vice-admiral*. He was at work till morning with his clerks, preparing his orders for this day's terrible duty. " It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death ; Aud the boldest held his breath, For a time.'l * Well might the bravest have some doubts. The pilots... | |
| Charles Knight - 1861 - 654 pagine
...clerks, preparing his orders for this day's terrible duty. "It was ten of April morn by the chime : Aa they drifted on their path There was silence deep...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time." * 'Well might the bravest have some doubts. The pilots had been ordered on board Nelson's ship. They... | |
| 1890 - 366 pagine
...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 sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : 1 1 was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pagine
...While the sign of battle flew As they drifted on their path It was ten of April morn by the chime : There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time. O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak !' our captains cried, when each gun From its adamantine... | |
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