 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father ! " once again he cried, " If I may...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet...gone ! " — And but the booming shots replied, And fust the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...abandoned ; and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. " Speak, Father ! " once again he cried, " If I may...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 4 " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet...booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 5 They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, « If 1 may yet be gone !" — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 pages
...cried, " If 1 may yet be gone !" ' —And but the booming sjiots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; . And look'J from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If 1 may yet be gone !" — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - English poetry - 1829 - 346 pages
...Father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone I And" — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their... | |
 | Old Sailor - Naval biography - 1826 - 534 pages
...faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud : — " Say, father, say If I yet may be gone ! And" — but the booming shots replied,...he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post of death, In still yet brave despair. Awl shouted but once more aloud, "... | |
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once again he cried, ' If I may yet be gone ! ' And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 
