 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...cried, " If I 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 of death In still yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...cried, " If I 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 of death In still yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - English poetry - 1848 - 526 pages
...been abandoned ; and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving...that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "My Father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - Readers (Elementary) - 1844 - 184 pages
...Speak, father! " once again he cried, " If 1 may yet be gone ! " And but the booming shots replied, Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving...that lone post of death In still, yet brave despair 5 — And shouted but once more aloud, " My father, must I stay ? " While o'er him fast, through sail... | |
 | Gorham Dummer Abbott - 1848 - 168 pages
...he cried, " If I may yet begone." And—but the booming shot replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And looked from that lone post of death, And shouted but once more aloud, " My father, must I stay 1" While o'er him fast, through sail and... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...father! " once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone! And"—but the booming shots replied — HKMAXS. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; And look'd from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1849 - 420 pages
...cried, " If I 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 of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Charles Northend - Readers (Primary) - 1866 - 172 pages
...cried, " If I may yet be gone ! And " — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And louked, from that lone post, to death, In still, yet brave despair, And shouted but once more aloud... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...he cried, ' If I may yet be gone.' And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving...that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, ' My father, must I stay ? ' While o'er him fast, through sail and... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...cried ; " If I may yet be gone ! And" - but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving...that lone post of death, In still yet brave despair ; And shouted but once more aloud, " My father ! must 1 stay ? " While o'er him fast, through sail... | |
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And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They... 
