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 the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Poems - Page 113by William Cowper - 1855Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1803 - 482 pages
...; No tempest gave the shock : She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt...Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle with our cup t The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again Full charg'd with... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 462 pages
...for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone j His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
| William Hayley - 1806 - 458 pages
...; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt...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 sound, And she may... | |
| Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...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...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...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...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...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...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...for the brave ! Brave Keinpenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...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...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...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...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...,;jai She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, 1" I ."•'•»r When Kempenfelt went down • "•• ••••...And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. '- ' Vf'" .» 3 Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again! Full charged with England's thunder,... | |
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