... and the fifty-three. Ship after ship, the whole night long, their high-built galleons came, Ship after ship, the whole night long, with her battlethunder and flame; Ship after ship, the whole night long, drew back with her dead and her shame. For... Ballads and Other Poems - Page 47by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1880 - 184 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 314 pages
...night long, drew back with her dead and her shame; For some were sunk and many were shattered, and so could fight us no more — God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world For he said, " Fight on ! fight on ! " Though his vessel was all but a wreck ; And it chanced that,... | |
| Richard Nicholls Worth - Devon (England) - 1879 - 146 pages
...night long, then back with her dead and her shame. For some were sunk and many were shattered, and so could fight us no more — God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before ? And the night went down and the sun smiled out far over the summer sea, And the Spanish fleet with... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 216 pages
...night long, drew back with her dead and her shame. For some were sunk and many were shatter'd, and so could fight us no more — God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before ? And they stared at the dead that had been so valiant and true, And had holden the power and glory... | |
| English poetry - 1879 - 314 pages
...night long, drew back with her dead and her shame; For some were sunk aud many were shattered, and so could fight us no more — God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world For he said, " Fight on ! fight 0n ! " Though his vessel was all but a wreck ; And it chanced that,... | |
| 1879 - 524 pages
...hattles, was over a b«ttle like this in the world before ? For he eaid, * Fight on ! fight on I * Tho' his vessel was all but a wreck. And it chanced that, when half of the summer night was gone, With a grisly wound to be drest ho had left the deck, Bui a bullet struck him... | |
| Richard Nicholls Worth - 1880 - 292 pages
...night long, then back with her dead and her shame. For some were sunk and many were shattered, and so could fight us no more — God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before ? And the night went down and the sun smiled out far over the summer sea, And the Spanish fleet with... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - Children's stories - 1880 - 322 pages
...night long, drew back with her dead and her shame. And some were sunk, and many were shatter'd, and so could fight us no more, — God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before ? For he said, " Fight on ! Fight on ! " Though his vessel was but a wreck ; And it chanced that, when... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - Children's stories - 1880 - 334 pages
...drew back with her dead and her shame. And some were sunk, and many were shatter'd, and so could figi* us no more, — God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before ? For he said, " Fight on ! Fight on I " Though his vessel was but a wreck ; And it chanced that, when... | |
| Silver S.W. and co - West Indies - 1880 - 160 pages
...drew back with her dead and her shame, For some were sunk, and many were shattered, and so could fight no more ; God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before ? "t And so the fight went on until " The lion lay there dying, arid they yielded to the foe ; And... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 502 pages
...night long, drew back with her dead and her shame ; For some were sunk and many were shatter'd, and so could fight us no more — God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before ? For he said, '* Fight on ! fight on 1 " Tho' his vessel was all but a wreck ; And it chanced that,... | |
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