 Then, cheer up, fair Emma ! remember thou'rt free, And ploughing Britannia's old empire — the sea : How many in Albion each sorrow would check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conquering deck.  Personal Reminiscences - Page 45by Ellis Cornelia Knight, Thomas Raikes - 1876 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1837 - 590 pages
...conquered the friends of blind chance. Hearts of oak, &c. Then cheer up, fair Emma, remember thou'rt free, And ploughing Britannia's old empire the sea...would check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conquering deck. Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men, We always are ready, Steady,... | |
 | 1837 - 808 pages
...conquered the friends of blind chance. Hearts of oak, &c. Then cheer up, fair Emma, remember thou'rt free, And ploughing Britannia's old empire the sea...would check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conquering deck. Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men, We always are ready, Steady,... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 710 pages
...the cap of the famed William Tell. Hearts of oak, &c. Then, cheer up, fair Emma ! remember thou'rt free, And ploughing Britannia's old empire — the...would check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conquering deck. Hearts of oak, &c. Miss Knight also wrote three additional verses to God save the... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 708 pages
...oak, &c. Then, cheer up, fair Emma! remember thou'rt free, And ploughing Britannia's old empire—the sea: How many in Albion each sorrow would check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conquering deck. Hearts of oak, &c. Miss Knight also wrote three additional verses to God save the... | |
 | Ellis Cornelia Knight - Ladies-in-waiting - 1861 - 382 pages
...— It was torn from the cap of the famed William Tell. Then cheer up, fair Delia ! remember thou'rt free ; And ploughing Britannia's old empire, the sea, How many in Albion each sorrow wonld check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conqu'ring deck. Owing to the contrary winds, we... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1888 - 380 pages
...— It was torn from the cap of the famed William Tell. Then cheer up, fair Emma ! remember thou'rt free, And ploughing Britannia's old empire, the sea,...would check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conquering deck.1 The trophies alluded to in the verses were the carving in wood of the feathers taken... | |
 | George Samuel Parsons - Admirals - 1905 - 316 pages
...conquer'd the friends of blind chance. Hearts of oak, etc. " Then cheer up, fair Emma, remember thou'rt free, And ploughing Britannia's old empire, the sea...would check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conquering deck ! Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men, We always are ready, Steady,... | |
 | Walter Sichel - 1906 - 676 pages
...Then cheer up, fair Emma, remember thou "rt free, And ploughing Britannia's old empire — the se» : How many in Albion each sorrow would check, Could they kiss but one plank of this conquering deck. Chorus: Hearts of Oak, etc.' * Nelson, writing to Lady Hamilton in the following year... | |
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