With all her crew complete. Toll 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 ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in... Poems - Page 113by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
| Fanny Osborne - Geography - 1852 - 394 pages
...Kempenfeldt went down, With twice four hundred tuciil 7* " ' Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes 1 And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes....Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. " ' But Kempenfeldt is gone, His... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. Hi* sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Fnll-charg'd with England's thunder, And plough the distant mam. But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories... | |
| Old Humphrey - Seafaring life - 1799 - 348 pages
...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...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main : But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...leak, She ran upon no rock : His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempeufelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone ; His victories... | |
| William Cowper - Authors, English - 1853 - 800 pages
...shock ; She sprang no fatal leal; ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice...with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers jet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charg'd with England's thunder, And plough the distant... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 520 pages
...the fhock ; She fprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His fword was in its meath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the veflel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers... | |
| William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She rau upon no rock : His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone ; His victories... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 486 pages
...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...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Pull-charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone ; His victories... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twico four hundred menWeigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle...yet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charg'd witli England's thunder. And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories are o'er... | |
| William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...leak; She ran upon no rock. His sword was hi its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kenipenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes 1 And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float... | |
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