 Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held...  English Poetry (1170-1892) - Page 271by John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 482 pages
...Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, * * And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went...With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle with our cup t The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With ail her crew complete, •^ Toll for the Brave ! Brave...She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; . Hisfingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. , Weigh the vessel... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 230 pages
...translating it into Latin verse. SONG 3. fi On the loss of the Royal George, Toll for the brave ! The brave 1 that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast...Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. •V Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 458 pages
...shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone 3 His last sea-fight is fought; His work of glory done....With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foesj And mingle with our cup, The tear that England owes.. Her timbers yet are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 462 pages
...went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone j His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done....With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with oui cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset j Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete....With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shroudi, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George,...With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His...With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went...With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle with our cop The tear that England owes. timbers yet are sound,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
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