 | Dominic Barthel - Elocution - 1927 - 790 pages
...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...held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...— as Thomas Campbell (who was then twenty-four), in his wellknown poem tells: . . . Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. . . . So accustomed, indeed, are we mere landsmen to the exploits of the Navy on the High Seas that... | |
 | James Chapman - Elocution - 378 pages
...lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of the land l>ed them on.— 2. Like Leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the...was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted ou their path ; There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — o... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; (1. 2) THOMAS CAMPBELL (1774-1844) liuttle of the Baltic 1 the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose. (I. 3 Fora time. (1. 16-18) 9 'Stay — stay with us! — rest — thou art weary and worn!' — And fain... | |
 | History - 2013 - 249 pages
...for the attack. It was just ten o'clock when the " Sign of battle flew O'er the lofty British line : There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time." Slowly towards the Danish ships, drawn up in line of battle outside Copenhagen, came on the English,... | |
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Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land... 
